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American Actor Kevin has been granted bail after pleading not guilty to sex charges brought against him at the Westminster Magistrate court in London on Thursday, June 16, 2022, AP reports. Spacey is facing sexual offences charges against three men.
The 62-year-old actor is accused of four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, according to AP.
Spacey’s lawyer said that the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men.Sitting in
the glass-fronted dock during the half-hour hearing, he stood up to give his
full name, Kevin Spacey Fowler, his birthdate and a London address.
According to
AP, he was not asked to enter a formal plea, but his lawyer, Patrick Gibbs
confirmed that “Mr. Spacey strenuously denies any and all criminality in this
case.”
The Deputy
Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram granted Spacey unconditional bail until his next
appearance, a plea hearing scheduled for July 14.
The former
“House of Cards” star is accused of not seeking consent before engaging in penetrative
sex.
The alleged
incidences is said to have taken place in London between March 2005 and August
2008, and in western England in April 2013.
Last month,
Spacey said he would travel to Britain to face the charges and “prove my
innocence,” according to AP.
In 2019
Spacey was questioned by British police about allegations by several men that
he had assaulted them.
Mr. Spacey
won a best supporting actor Academy Awards for the 1995 film “The Usual
Suspects” and a lead actor Oscar for the 1999 movie “American Beauty,”
according to AP.
IN 2017
Actor Anthony Rapp accused the star of assaulting him at a party in the 1980s
when Rapp was a teenager but Spacey denied the allegations.