The brand new fees in opposition to the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor come months after he pleaded not responsible to 4 others.
Prosecutors in London have permitted seven new sexual offence fees in opposition to the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned on Wednesday that the Home of Playing cards and American Magnificence star has been charged over “a lot of sexual assaults in opposition to one man between 2001 and 2004”.
It additionally authorised “one cost of inflicting an individual to have interaction in sexual exercise with out consent” in opposition to the 63-year-old actor, who lives in the US.
The CPS, which is liable for bringing prosecutions in England and Wales, mentioned the seven new fees consult with alleged crimes dedicated earlier than and after 2003, when new laws on sexual offences got here into drive.
This implies Spacey is now dealing with a complete of 11 fees of sexual assault in Britain.
Earlier fees
Spacey in July pleaded not responsible at London’s Outdated Bailey court docket to 4 fees of sexual assault in opposition to three males between 2005 and 2013 in London and Gloucestershire in western England.
Not one of the alleged victims might be recognized beneath English legislation. Reporting restrictions stop additional particulars from being disclosed earlier than trial.
Spacey voluntarily appeared at a London court docket when the primary fees have been introduced and mentioned he would defend himself in opposition to the costs.
These allegations referred to a interval when he was the creative director of London’s Outdated Vic Theatre, between 2004 and 2015.
A New York court docket final month dismissed a $40m sexual misconduct lawsuit introduced in opposition to Spacey by an actor, Anthony Rapp, who claimed the Hollywood star focused him when he was 14.
A choose had dominated that Rapp had introduced the case too late for a prison cost.
Spacey’s Hollywood performing profession ended 5 years in the past when Rapp’s allegations emerged and he was dropped from the ultimate season of Home of Playing cards and different upcoming initiatives.
Allegations in opposition to him emerged within the wake of the #MeToo motion that noticed quite a few claims of sexual assault and harassment within the film business.
He has at all times denied allegations of sexual abuse.
In 2019, fees in opposition to the actor of indecent assault and sexual assault have been dropped in Massachusetts.