Kevin Spacey trial: Actor behaved like a 'predator', accuser says

Kevin Spacey was a "predator" who who would onslaught 1 of his accusers erstwhile the 2 were near unsocial together, a tribunal successful London has heard.

The proceedings of the histrion heard grounds from 1 of the 4 men who impeach him of intersexual assaults committed successful the UK betwixt 2001 and 2013.

The tribunal heard the antheral was groped truthful forcefully connected 1 juncture portion driving that helium swerved disconnected the road.

Mr Spacey has pleaded not blameworthy to each 12 charges against him.

The 63-year-old sat successful the dock of Southwark Crown Court and listened to his accuser item the alleged abuse, which subordinate to 7 of the charges against him.

The American histrion spent important periods of clip successful the UK portion serving arsenic the manager of the Old Vic theatre successful southbound London betwixt 2004 and 2015.

Jurors were played a signaling of the archetypal complainant's constabulary interview, earlier the antheral was questioned by Mr Spacey's lawyer portion concealed down a curtain.

The antheral alleges Mr Spacey assaulted him up to "12 times" connected instances erstwhile they were "in a car oregon successful a lift, immoderate clip erstwhile we became alone".

"Multiple occasions helium would effort and grope me," helium said.

He elaborate however implicit a fig of years Mr Spacey's behaviour progressed from "eerie and awkward" to carnal groping, and however the histrion would "laugh it disconnected and alteration the subject" afterwards.

The complainant said Mr Spacey started making him consciousness awkward a fewer weeks aft archetypal gathering him, adding: "Right from the get spell I would accidental helium was grooming me."

When Mr Spacey groped him, the complainant said helium would marque it wide the actor's behaviour was wrong, but helium felt Mr Spacey "was getting much excited by this".

He said connected 1 juncture the histrion grabbed his crotch portion helium was driving, forcing him to propulsion disconnected the road, and that if helium attended Mr Spacey's southbound London apartment, the histrion would beryllium "half naked, if not naked" and would "try to interaction me" earlier helium left.

The complainant said helium would beryllium relieved erstwhile Mr Spacey went backmost to the US connected trips.

"I utilized to dread erstwhile helium was coming back," the complainant told police, adding: "My bosom utilized to sink."

The ailment said Mr Spacey was "pretending to beryllium nice" but was a "predator" who was "aggressive".

He described Mr Spacey arsenic a "slippery, snaking, hard person", adding: "He would archer maine helium had a troubled childhood. He was a confused man. Didn't cognize astatine the clip whether helium was cheery oregon straight."

The complainant said it was "well known helium was up to nary good" among radical associated with the Old Vic theatre and radical were warned to "be careful".

He said helium cannot bring himself to ticker thing featuring the suspect and that it "makes maine consciousness sick reasoning astir that man".

Defending Mr Spacey, Patrick Gibbs KC began his in-person cross-examination by asking the complainant to corroborate that helium thought astatine the clip his lawsuit was a bully actor.

He asked the antheral if helium recovered Mr Spacey's behaviour "a spot exciting" oregon "a spot naughty", to which helium replied that helium has a pistillate spouse and recovered it "distressing".

As questioning continued, helium said: "I was ashamed...after the event, yes I was ashamed."

He dismissed a question astir his ain sexuality arsenic "ridiculous" and refuted immoderate proposition helium had solicited attraction from Mr Spacey oregon reciprocated contact.

The complainant said: "You're trying to suggest we had thing going connected which we...a cardinal per cent didn't."

In January, Mr Spacey - who is referred to successful tribunal proceedings by his afloat name, Kevin Spacey Fowler - 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.

It is these 12 charges which Mr Spacey is presently connected proceedings for and helium continues to contradict them.

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

Additional reporting by Sean Seddon