Kevin Spacey is publicly lashing out at a brand new docuseries that can element allegations of a long time of sexual abuse by the once-acclaimed actor.
The U.Okay.’s Channel 4 is producing the two-part sequence, titled Spacey Unmasked, which is able to premiere in early May.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequence will ship a “forensic look” at Spacey’s leap to stardom and the allegations of sexual abuse that subsequently befell his profession. Spacey Unmasked will function a number of never-before-seen interviews from Spacey’s accusers, most of whom have but to talk publicly.
In a prolonged submit to X (previously Twitter), Spacey, 64, known as the docuseries “one-sided” and a “desperate attempt for ratings.”
Spacey stated Channel 4 has given him seven days to answer “allegations made against me dating back 48 years.”
The House of Cards actor bemoaned the deadline and stated Channel 4 refused to accommodate his request for extra time and to offer him with the “sufficient details” wanted to analyze the allegations made in opposition to him.
“Channel 4 has refused on the basis that they feel that asking for a response in 7 days to new, anonymized and non-specific allegations is a ‘fair opportunity’ for me to refute any allegations made against me,” Spacey wrote. “I will not sit back and be attacked by a dying network’s one-sided ‘documentary’ about me in their desperate attempt for ratings.”
“There’s a proper channel to handle allegations against me and it’s not Channel 4,” he continued, referring to official authorized channels. “Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated.”
Spacey stated he would make additional feedback concerning the docuseries within the coming days.
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In an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, Channel 4 stated merely, “Kevin Spacey has been given sufficient opportunity to respond.”
The broadcaster maintained they’d nonetheless be airing Spacey Unmasked on May 6 and seven, as deliberate.
Spacey was acquitted of sexual offences in opposition to 4 males within the U.Okay. in 2023. The four-week path noticed all of Spacey’s accusers declare the actor both sexually assaulted them or groped them with out consent. For his half, Spacey denied any wrongdoing and stated any sexual interactions had been both consensual or “pure fantasy.”
Spacey was discovered not responsible of 9 sexual offences that his accusers stated occurred between 2004 and 2013.
In October 2022, an American jury additionally sided with Spacey and located he didn’t molest his first public accuser, actor Anthony Rapp, who stated he was 14 in 1986 when he was allegedly assaulted by Spacey.
According to the Spacey Unmasked docuseries description, “This two-part series will investigate Spacey’s conduct and talks to multiple men unconnected to that case about their experiences with Kevin Spacey, almost all of whom have never spoken before.”
Spacey Unmasked will hear 10 males, all of whom have accused the actor of abuse, in line with The Hollywood Reporter. None of the ten accusers had been concerned in Spacey’s London trial, and all however one have by no means spoken publicly.
The allegations span 5 a long time, starting from Spacey’s teenage years to the height of his House of Cards appearing success.
One man, recognized solely as an actor named Daniel, known as Spacey a “soulless monster.”
Spacey’s brother, Randy, can also be interviewed within the sequence and discusses their childhood years below a father who he stated held “Nazi meetings” at their house.
As Spacey took his rant concerning the docuseries to X, British broadcast persona Piers Morgan provided to host Spacey on his self-titled talker for a “fair hearing that will be watched around the world.”
Spacey Unmasked will broadcast on Channel 4 within the U.Okay. on May 6 and May 7. (The dates for its launch on Investigation Discovery and Max — Crave in Canada — might be introduced subsequent week.)
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