Kevin Spacey: I had no power wand to get people into bed

Actor Kevin Spacey has denied utilizing his powerfulness to get radical into bed, and rejected claims helium is simply a intersexual bully.

Speaking from the basal astatine London's Southwark Crown Court, the Oscar-winning histrion was being cross-examined during his proceedings for intersexual assault.

The 63-year-old besides called the lawsuit against him "weak" - though helium acknowledged helium had "definitely" misread the signs from 1 complainant.

He denies each 12 intersexual offence charges helium faces.

Asked if helium considered himself to beryllium a almighty man, Mr Spacey told the assemblage helium "did not person a powerfulness wand that I waved successful beforehand of people's faces whenever I wanted idiosyncratic to spell to furniture with me".

"I person utilized the presumption I gratefully recovered myself successful to assistance others, to make art, to bring the Old Vic [Theatre] backmost to its magical days," helium said.

The prosecution had enactment to Mr Spacey that helium was "essentially the aureate lad of the London theatre country astatine the time" and the radical helium allegedly assaulted would beryllium "unlikely to beryllium believed".

Prosecutor Christine Agnew KC besides suggested to Mr Spacey that helium was a "big intersexual bully", to which the histrion responded "that's your term".

Asked whether aggressively grabbing men's crotches was a "trademark" determination of his, Mr Spacey replied: "No."

Earlier Mr Spacey was questioned astir an alleged incidental astatine a West End theatre successful the aboriginal 2000s.

Mr Spacey claimed to person "no representation of meeting" the complainant, calling him "a liar from opening to end".

Asked wherefore the man, who has alleged Mr Spacey grabbed him successful the crotch "like a cobra", would beryllium lying, helium replied: "Money, wealth and past money. And I besides judge helium has for immoderate reason, choler towards me."

Mr Spacey besides responded to allegations that helium drugged an aspiring histrion and performed a enactment enactment connected him portion helium was dormant successful his flat.

"I don't cognize who made the archetypal move, but we were consensually unneurotic successful a romanticist situation," helium said.

"He did not autumn dormant and I did not execute [a enactment act] connected him portion helium was asleep, contempt what helium has shockingly accused maine of."

When Ms Agnew KC suggested the complainant was asleep, Mr Spacey said: "That's your theory."

"Well that is the prosecution case," the authoritative said.

Mr Spacey replied: "And it's a anemic one."

During her cross-examination, Ms Agnew KC asked whether helium mightiness person "ignored" signs from the 4 complainants.

Mr Spacey told her helium had "definitely misread" the signs from 1 of the men.

"And I judge that," helium added, describing himself arsenic an "affectionate person" who had "consensual interactions" with 2 of the different accusers.

"If they went further than they wanted... they did not fto maine cognize that," helium said.

On Thursday, Mr Spacey gave grounds for the archetypal clip during the trial, telling a assemblage touching his accuser was "in my caput romantic".

The histrion said helium had developed a "flirtatious" narration with an accuser who helium had been "somewhat intimate with", but denied assaulting him.

Fighting backmost tears, helium said his satellite had "exploded" erstwhile allegations archetypal emerged against him successful 2017.

The 63-year-old faces 12 intersexual offence charges against 4 men betwixt 2001 and 2013, each of which helium denies.

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

The prosecution finished their grounds against the Hollywood prima connected Wednesday, aft the assemblage heard accounts from his 4 alleged victims.

During their grounds they variously described him arsenic a "vile intersexual predator", "slippery" and "atrocious, despicable, disgusting".