The famous American actor Kevin Spaceyrecently acquitted in scandalous US trial, got it three new complaints in the UK by a man who accused him of sexually abusing him in several incidents between 2001 and 2004, and they add to four other charges of the same nature for which he was denounced last May in that European country.
The British Crown Attorney’s Office has announced that the complaint includes three counts of sexual assault and indecent assault counts, and which also authorized the inclusion of a person who assured that the 63-year-old interpreter forced her to participate in sexual activity without her consent.
“The authority to charge Spacey comes as a result of the review of evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police during the investigation. The criminal case against Mr Spacey is active and he is entitled to a fair trial,” said Rosemary Ainslie, chief of the special unit of the power of attorney.
Cases of May in England
Last May, the double Academy Award for The usual suspects (1995) and american beauty (1999) He had already received four other charges in the UK for such offences involving three different men, which took place in London and Gloucestershire between 2005 and 2013.
“I very much appreciate the statement from the Crown Prosecution Service in which they have carefully reminded the press and public that I am entitled to a fair trial and that I am innocent until proven guilty,” Spacey said on the occasion.
Furthermore, he had assured that although he was “disappointed” by the decision of the British justice to go ahead with the cases, he would appear in the country “as soon as possible” to defend himself against the accusations.
Acquitted in the United States
A month ago, the actor, also remembered for his role in Deadly sins (since 1995) he was acquitted by the New York judiciary in the civil trial he was accused of by colleague Anthony Rapp, who filed a lawsuit against him in 2020 for sexually abusing him as a teenager at a party in the 1980s.
In that trial, the jury concluded that Spacey was not guilty of that assault, for which Rapp’s attorneys are seeking $40 million in damages for their client.
The complainant, now 50 years old and known to have worked on the musical Renton Broadway and in the television series Star Trek: Discovery, He had reported being the victim of non-consensual touching and sexual advances at the aforementioned party held in 1986 at the home of Spacey, who was 26 at the time.
In 2017, three years before the formal complaint, the public testimony of Rapp was the trigger for multiple complaints from other men who also reported being abused or subjected to inappropriate behavior by Spaceywhose career was abruptly cut short as he gained massive acclaim for his lead role in the critically acclaimed political drama series House of cards.
After the cases escalated, Spacey released a statement saying he didn’t remember any of the reported incidents, although he apologized for what happened.
The actor He has faced other complaints related to sex crimesamong which stand out two judicial trials in Nantucket, in the state of Massachusetts, and another in Los Angeles, although he has not yet been convicted of any of them.
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Source: Clarin
