Kevin Spacey trial: Actor grabbed accuser's crotch, court hears

Actor Kevin Spacey kissed a antheral doubly and grabbed his crotch portion telling his alleged unfortunate to "be cool", a tribunal successful London has heard.

The man, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, alleges helium was approached by the histrion aft helium accidentally fto his canine out.

His constabulary interrogation was played to jurors astatine Southwark Crown Court during the 3rd time of Mr Spacey's trial.

The American histrion is facing 12 charges, each of which helium denies.

The accuser told constabulary successful the signaling that helium was moving successful a pub astatine the clip erstwhile the histrion came successful with a tiny dog.

He said Mr Spacey sat by the sofa country and introduced himself.

The antheral aboriginal told the histrion that determination were "very limited" things to bash successful the country wherever they were and that helium was gathering immoderate friends astatine different pub aft helium finished work.

The antheral told the detective that Mr Spacey replied: "Cool, I mightiness spot you down there".

When the antheral got to the different pub, helium said helium heard an American accent calling his sanction and looked up to spot Mr Spacey.

The complainant past told the detective that helium and others past went backmost to wherever Mr Spacey was staying for immoderate drinks.

It was during the drinks that the complainant said helium was looking for a overgarment successful 1 of the cupboards, and remembered a "little dog" shooting retired betwixt his legs.

The antheral said helium turned around, picked up the canine and enactment the carnal backmost successful the room.

It was past helium alleged that the histrion came towards him successful a "huggy motion".

"We did an awkward man-hug... helium hugged me, I did a benignant of pat connected the backmost benignant of thing.

"At that constituent helium kissed my cervix doubly and grabbed my crotch. He said the words 'be cool, beryllium cool' twice.

"I enactment my limb betwixt america and pushed him against a wall. I said 'I americium sorry, I don't bat for that team'."

He said Mr Spacey had a "panicked" look connected his look and near the room.

The complainant said helium past stood "momentarily for a mates of seconds astir successful disbelief that that happened".

He near the property, and rang his begetter successful a "bit of a panicky state".

In the constabulary interrogation helium told the detective helium remembers reasoning his begetter wouldn't judge him due to the fact that it was April Fool's Day.

Mr Spacey is accused of 1 complaint of intersexual battle successful narration to this complainant, which the histrion denies.

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, brought by 4 men stretching from 2001 to 2013.

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