Kevin Spacey 'attacked man while he slept', London sex assault trial told

An aspiring histrion who sought vocation proposal from Kevin Spacey claims helium woke up with the prima performing a enactment enactment connected him aft being invited to his flat.

The past of 4 men successful the proceedings who assertion they were sexually assaulted by the US histrion gave grounds astatine London's Southwark Crown Court connected Monday.

He said helium was acrophobic to spell to the constabulary due to the fact that helium was successful a "David and Goliath" situation.

The US histrion denies 12 enactment offences betwixt 2001 and 2013.

His proceedings heard however the complainant was invited to Spacey's level successful the Waterloo country of London - wherever helium was staying during his stint arsenic the manager of the Old Vic theatre - aft seeking him retired for vocation mentorship.

Jurors were played a signaling of the complainant's constabulary interview, successful which helium said helium was initially "really excited" the Hollywood prima was taking an involvement successful his career.

The antheral - who was 23 astatine the clip of the alleged offence - drank beer, smoked cannabis and ate pizza with Mr Spacey.

He said: "I thought 'what a bully idiosyncratic taking clip to assistance maine out'. That rapidly went.

"He was somewhat despondent successful conservation and didn't truly privation to speech astir acting. Everything was precise quick.

"Nothing was a processing conversation. In hindsight, helium conscionable had 1 happening helium wanted to do. He evidently had 1 happening connected this mind."

The tribunal heard the antheral assertion that Spacey gave him a "low-waisted hug" and enactment his caput successful his crotch portion they were sitting connected a couch.

He told constabulary during the recorded interrogation that helium was "a spot tipsy", adding: "It's antithetic successful my behaviour to conscionable conk retired and that's what I did."

Recounting the alleged assault, helium said his "very archetypal image" aft waking up was the histrion performing a enactment enactment connected him.

The complainant told police: "I said no, helium benignant of carried connected and I pushed him, and helium stopped.

"He stood up. My loop was inactive unneurotic but my buttons were undone. I was zipping up and massively successful shock.

"He said I deliberation it was champion you go. He said I should leave, and I shouldn't archer anyone astir this.

"Because I was successful specified shock, I don't cognize what I thought."

The antheral said helium had heard Spacey liked "young, consecutive boys" but "didn't cognize astatine that constituent helium was a predator".

He said helium cried portion waiting for a autobus location and had been acrophobic to spell to constabulary implicit the incident.

Asked wherefore helium had not initially reported it, helium said: "It's David and Goliath isn't it, and speaking to police, and being the lone one.

"I did not person the confidence…it was truthful profoundly buried. I didn't adjacent archer friends."

In January, Mr Spacey pleaded not blameworthy to 3 counts of indecent assault, 3 counts of intersexual battle and 1 number of causing a idiosyncratic to prosecute successful intersexual enactment without consent.

He besides antecedently denied 4 further charges of intersexual battle and 1 number of causing a idiosyncratic to prosecute successful penetrative intersexual enactment without consent.

Spacey's ineligible squad person accused complainants of over-exaggerating oregon fabricating their stories during earlier hearings successful the trial.

All 4 accusers are entitled to lifelong anonymity nether the law.

Additional reporting by Sean Seddon