U.K. authorities authorize new criminal charges against Kevin Spacey - The Washington Post

Spacey, 63, was already facing a fig of intersexual battle charges successful the United Kingdom. Authorities announced successful May that prosecutors had authorized criminal charges against the actor, with counts stemming from alleged incidents involving 3 men betwixt March 2005 and April 2013. In July, Spacey appeared successful a U.K. court, wherever an lawyer for the histrion said helium “strenuously denies immoderate and each criminality successful this case.” A proceedings has been acceptable for June 6, 2023.

Spacey, an Oscar-winning actor, has seen a profound vocation downfall since helium was archetypal accused of intersexual misconduct successful 2017. Actor Anthony Rapp told BuzzFeed News that Spacey made a intersexual beforehand toward him astatine a enactment erstwhile Rapp, present 51, was 14 and Spacey was 26. Following the article’s publication, Spacey said successful a societal media statement that helium was “beyond horrified” by the allegation but did not callback the alleged incident. “If I did behave past arsenic helium describes, I beryllium him the sincerest apology for what would person been profoundly inappropriate drunken behavior,” Spacey wrote.

Following the explosive BuzzFeed report, much than a twelve others accused Spacey of intersexual misconduct, with immoderate of the alleged incidents prompting ineligible action. In 2019, helium pleaded not guilty to a felony complaint of indecent battle and artillery aft helium was accused of groping an 18-year-old man astatine a Nantucket barroom successful 2016. The lawsuit was aboriginal dropped, with prosecutors citing the “unavailability of the complaining witness.” A California massage therapist accused Spacey of intersexual battle and artillery successful 2018, but the lawsuit was dismissed aft the accuser died up of the trial. Rapp sued Spacey successful civilian tribunal successful 2020, accusing the histrion of assault, artillery and intentional infliction of affectional distress. Last month, a New York assemblage recovered Spacey not liable successful the $40 cardinal lawsuit.

Spacey’s amusement projects person importantly dwindled since the barrage of allegations against him. He was fired successful 2017 from Netflix’s “House of Cards,” for which helium had received 10 Emmy nominations, up of the show’s sixth season. In August, a Los Angeles justice ordered the disgraced actor to wage $30 cardinal successful compensatory damages and different fees to the producers of the governmental drama.