Kevin Spacey To Stand Trial Again In UK Over Civil Sexual Assault Claim

Max Goldbart

May 7, 2024 at 8:19 a.m.·2 min read

Kevin Spacey will be returning to a UK court early next year to stand trial, with the news coming a day after a Channel 4-Max documentary aired new allegations about the two-time Oscar winner.

Spacey will face a civil trial in the UK after being sued by a man who alleges he sexually assaulted him, according to Variety.

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The trial will take place early next year. The man, who has been granted anonymity by the court, claims he “suffered psychiatric damage and other financial loss” as a result of the alleged sexual assault.

Spacey’s legal team was in court today responding to a judgement in favor of Spacey’s accuser after it failed to file his defense in time. Spacey was not present. According to Reuters, Adam Speker, a lawyer representing Spacey, said it was a “genuine error” by the actor’s legal team from the prominent British law firm Carter-Ruck. Speker argued it would be unfair for the claimant to effectively win his lawsuit against Spacey without a trial when he had been “disbelieved on oath by a jury,” and the case will therefore proceed to trial.

Spacey told Deadline: “This is not a new lawsuit. As has been widely reported, it’s the same lawsuit brought in 2022 by a complainant that was not believed by a jury of my peers in the 2023 UK criminal trial, in which I was acquitted.”

Last year, the House of Cards and American Beauty star was found not guilty on nine charges at London’s Southwark Crown Court, including sexual assault, which were alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013 and related to four men.

The news comes the day after more Kevin Spacey allegations aired in Channel 4 and Max’s Spacey Unmasked doc, which concludes tonight. Multiple men make the allegations including a former actor, Ruari Cannon, who says that Spacey touched him in a highly intimate way in June 2013, when he was 21. Spacey denies the allegations and says Channel 4 didn’t give him enough time to respond, which the broadcaster disputes. Over the weekend, Spacey featured on former GB News presenter Dan Wootton’s YouTube channel, saying: “I take full responsibility for my past behaviour and my actions. But I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologise to anyone who’s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me.”

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