Kevin Spacey has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges

Famous actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago.

Spacey, 62, who has won two Academy Awards, made the statement during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court.

The one who was the protagonist of the television series House of cards‘, who ran the British capital’s Old Vic theater between 2004 and 2015, denied four counts of alleged sexual assault and another one for allegedly involving a person in non-consensual penetrative sexual activity.

The accusation

The incidents allegedly took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008 and another incident occurred in the west of England in April 2013. Currently the victims are aged between 30 and 40 years.

Space’s attorney previously said the plaintiff “firmly denies” the allegations.

After a preliminary hearing last month, Spacey was released on bail and allowed to return to the United States. A judge is expected to set the dates for his trial on Thursday.

A movie star

Spacey won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1995 film The usual suspects and a few years later, he won the title of leading actor for American beautysince 1999.

But his famous career came to an abrupt end in 2017, when actor Anthony Rapp accused him of assaulting him at a party in the 1980s, when Rapp was a teenager. Spacey denies the allegations.

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