Kevin Spacey: Touch was romantic, says actor as he denies assault

Actor Kevin Spacey has told a assemblage touching his accuser was "in my caput romantic", arsenic helium gave his defence during his proceedings for intersexual assault.

Appearing astatine London's Southwark Crown Court, the two-time Oscar winning histrion said helium had developed a "flirtatious" narration with an accuser.

He told the assemblage helium and the complainant had been "somewhat intimate", but denied assaulting him.

The 63-year-old faces 12 intersexual offence charges, each of which helium denies.

The tribunal heard the complainant alleges the incidental happened arsenic helium drove Spacey to a showbiz enactment successful the aboriginal 2000s.

When asked if helium caused the accuser to "come disconnected the road" erstwhile helium grabbed the man, the histrion replied: "That ne'er happened. I was not connected a termination ngo connected immoderate of those years."

Giving evidence, Mr Spacey told the tribunal helium had developed a "flirtatious" narration implicit clip with the accuser, and that helium touched the antheral successful "romantic" and "intimate" ways.

"Yeah, I americium a large flirt," helium told the court.

Speaking astir touching the man, helium continued: "It did not hap successful a violent, aggressive, achy way.

"It was gentle… and it was, successful my mind, romantic."

Mr Spacey said the complainant said things similar "this is caller for me".

He explained the touching did not advancement due to the fact that the alleged unfortunate "made it wide that helium did not privation to spell immoderate further".

Asked by his barrister Patrick Gibbs KC for his absorption to the allegations by the complainant, helium said: "I was crushed. I ne'er thought the (name of man) I knew implicit 20 years aboriginal would stab maine successful the back."

Addressing accusations by different complainant who alleged Mr Spacey had grabbed his crotch "like a cobra" aft utilizing a "vile comment", the histrion said helium had ne'er done that to anyone successful his life.

Mr Spacey told the assemblage that allegations made by the antheral - that helium allegedly met astatine a theatre successful the mid-2000s - were "madness" due to the fact that "it ne'er happened".

"I ne'er said immoderate of the things that helium claims I said to him and wouldn't and ne'er person to anyone successful my life," helium told the court.

Speaking of allegations from different complainant, Mr Spacey said helium did not recognise the accuser by sanction oregon quality and his records showed helium was not successful the UK successful August 2008, erstwhile the antheral claims the incidental took place.

Mr Spacey said watching a video of the complainant who mentioned helium was connected a autobus had sparked a representation of a intersexual brushwood helium had with idiosyncratic successful his flat.

The histrion said that erstwhile helium returned from the bath "it was similar everything had changed", adding: "The idiosyncratic I had had this intimate infinitesimal with was abruptly awkward and fumbling."

Asked whether helium met the idiosyncratic again, Mr Spacey said helium did not person a beardown representation of it "but my instinct tells maine that we whitethorn person seen each different again".

"I judge I performed [a enactment act] connected him," Mr Spacey told the court.

After breaking for lunch, the tribunal heard Mr Spacey's defence against accusations from different complainant who claims helium came into interaction with the histrion portion helium was moving successful a pub.

Mr Spacey said connected the evening successful question everyone was drinking and "pretty overmuch everyone" smoked cannabis.

The histrion said helium remembered immoderate of the details aft seeing the complainant's interrogation video, but did not person a wide representation astir conversations which took place.

Discussing the alleged incident, Mr Spacey said helium "made a walk and I americium lone blessed that helium testified that the infinitesimal helium told maine helium wasn't interested, I stopped".

He told the tribunal helium did not retrieve going backmost to the pub wherever the complainant worked the adjacent day, but accepted helium did based connected witnesser grounds and said it was astir apt to apologise.

Asked what happened erstwhile the archetypal accusations were made against him, Mr Spacey said: "My satellite exploded.

"I mislaid my job, I mislaid my reputation, I mislaid everything successful a substance of days."

Speaking astir his determination to travel retired arsenic gay, Mr Spacey said helium had been pressured to bash so, and members of the LGBT assemblage were "upset" that helium came retired portion responding to an allegation.

"It wasn't that this communicative abruptly made maine privation to travel out... I thought successful the look of this unspeakable accusation [I could bash thing positive]."

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".

Jurors heard of alleged "aggressive" crotch grabs against 3 men, portion a 4th complainant accused Mr Spacey of having drugged him and performing a enactment enactment connected him portion helium was asleep.

On Wednesday, authoritative Shauna Ritchie said Mr Spacey told constabulary helium was "baffled" by the claims by 1 antheral and did not recognise the others.

The histrion said helium whitethorn person made a "clumsy pass" astatine his last alleged unfortunate but denied deliberately attacking him.

Mr Spacey is accused of enactment offences against 4 men betwixt 2001 and 2013.

He pleaded not blameworthy successful January 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 denies 4 further charges of intersexual battle and 1 number of causing a idiosyncratic to prosecute successful penetrative intersexual enactment without consent.

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

The Hollywood prima won an Oscar for Best Actor successful 2000 for American Beauty arsenic good arsenic Emmy nominations for his relation successful House of Cards.