Kevin Spacey to stand trial in London this week for alleged sex offences
Spacey faces 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault
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Your support makes all the difference.Kevin Spacey goes on trial in the Southwark Crown Court in London on Wednesday (28 June).
The 63-year-old actor has been accused of sex offences against four men that prosecutors say occurred between 2001 and 2013.
The House of Cards star previously denied 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault.
In January, Spacey pleaded not guilty to three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
The two-time Academy Award winner also previously denied four further charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
Spacey has an address in Waterloo, south London, but also lives in the US, where he has family and a dog.
In an initial court hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in June, Spacey’s lawyer, Patrick Gibbs QC, said his client “strenuously denies any and all criminality in this case”.
Gibbs said the defendant returned to the UK “to establish his innocence” and “proceed with his life”.
Spacey’s trial is taking place in Britain because he spent more than a decade living in the country, where he was artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre from 2004 to 2015.
He was a high-profile figure in London, starring in productions including William Shakespeare’s Richard III and David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow, and hosting star-studded fundraising events for the 200-year-old venue.
Spacey was questioned by British police in 2019 about claims by several men that he had assaulted them. He was charged in May 2022 with five counts against three alleged victims. Another seven charges, all against a fourth man, were added in November.
The actor is known for starring in House of Cards, American Beauty, and The Usual Suspects.
At the moment, Spacey is on unconditional bail.
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