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Kevin Spacey is heading again to court docket in London, with a brand new three-week civil trial scheduled for October 2026, as per Sky Information. The Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, who’s 66, will face civil claims on the Excessive Courtroom in London from three completely different males who allege he sexually assaulted them. It is a large improvement, particularly since many individuals thought his severe authorized troubles within the UK had been behind him.
These three males have sued the Home of Playing cards star, claiming he assaulted them someday between 2000 and 2013. Spacey has broadly denied any wrongdoing in these issues. He formally denied two of the instances, however he has but to file a protection on the third, in accordance with Sky.
The small print popping out about these claims are fairly particular. One of many males, Ruari Cannon, has chosen to waive his anonymity. Cannon appeared within the 2024 documentary Spacey Unmasked, the place he acknowledged that the actor groped him at an afterparty at London’s Outdated Vic theater in 2013. Spacey’s reported response to Cannon’s particular declare was sharp, calling it “ridiculous and it by no means occurred.”
Grouping these collectively makes Spacey look even worse, or at the very least that’s what his authorized crew is most involved with
One other man, recognized in court docket paperwork solely as LNP, alleges that Spacey “intentionally assaulted” him a couple of dozen instances over 5 years, from 2000 to 2005. The third man, recognized in court docket as GHI, claims he was assaulted by Spacey in 2008. Curiously, this alleged assault additionally occurred at London’s Outdated Vic theater, the place the American Magnificence star beforehand served because the creative director.
Spacey’s authorized crew is already working laborious to handle the construction of this upcoming trial. His lawyer, William McCormick KC, argued that the case involving LNP ought to be heard individually from the others. McCormick instructed the Excessive Courtroom in written submissions that “On a rational foundation, the one widespread characteristic is Kevin Spacey.”
He emphasised that the truth that Spacey met a number of the claimants within the context of his work on the Outdated Vic “takes issues no additional.” McCormick burdened that “The circumstances of the alleged assaults are markedly completely different and happen a few years aside.” I can definitely perceive why Spacey’s crew needs to separate these claims.
In fact, this isn’t Spacey’s first time coping with severe claims in a London courtroom. In 2023, he was discovered not responsible of 9 counts of alleged sexual assault following a felony trial at Southwark Crown Courtroom.
It’s attention-grabbing that this information in regards to the 2026 trial comes proper after Spacey needed to deal with headlines about his present dwelling scenario. Both method, it’s not a very good search for Hollywood because the trade has additionally come into the latest highlight for internet hosting a deeply prejudiced system.
