Actor Kevin Spacey is dealing with seven extra intercourse offence fees within the U.Okay., piling on the stress for the previous Hollywood star.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution mentioned Wednesday that fees towards the previous House of Cards star are three of indecent assault, three of sexual assault and one among inflicting an individual to have interaction in sexual exercise with out consent. The fees relate to incidents between 2001 and 2004, and so they all came about towards the identical “adult male,” in keeping with an announcement from the U.Okay.’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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“The CPS has authorized additional criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 63, for a number of sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004,” the assertion learn.
The prosecuting authority permitted the fees following “a assessment of the proof gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,″ mentioned Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division.
“The CPS has also authorized one charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. The authority to charge follows a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,” the assertion continued.
In a July courtroom look, Spacey, 63, denied fees of sexually assaulting three males a decade or extra in the past. That plea associated to 4 counts of sexual assault and one depend of inflicting an individual to have interaction in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent.
Judge Mark Wall set a date of June 6, 2023 for the trial to start out and mentioned it will final three to 4 weeks. It is more likely to be on the Old Bailey, the venue for Britain’s highest-profile felony trials.
The Oscar-wining actor ran London’s Old Vic theater between 2004 and 2015.
Spacey, who has addresses in London and the U.S., was granted bail and allowed to return to the United States after a preliminary listening to in June.
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