Posted: 16:38, 13 June 2022 | Updated: 17:03, 13 June 2022
Kevin Spacey will appear in court on Thursday on four counts of sexually assaulting three men in London and Gloucestershire. The 62-year-old Oscar-winning actor is charged with four counts of sexually assaulting three men between 2005 and 2013. Spacey is also charged with a single charge of inciting a person to have sexual intercourse without consent against one of the same three men, after the Metropolitan Police opened a criminal investigation in 2017. The offenses allegedly took place while he was the artistic director of the Old Vic Theater in London. He will be charged with the offenses in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service approved charges against him last month, but Spacey could only be charged after traveling to the United Kingdom. British prosecutors had suggested they would try to extradite the actor from the US, but he would appear in court voluntarily. In a statement released to Good Morning America following the Crown Prosecution Office’s announcement last month, Spacey said she was “confident” he would prove his innocence. The 62-year-old Oscar-winning actor is charged with four counts of sexually assaulting three men between 2005 and 2013. Spacey pictured leaving New York court last month after filing a civil lawsuit Kevin Spacey outside The Old Vic Theater in London, where he was artistic director for 11 years. The alleged sexual assaults are said to have taken place during this period The statement added: “I very much appreciate the statement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in which they carefully reminded the media and the public that I am entitled to a fair trial and innocence until proven otherwise. “Although I’m disappointed with their decision to move forward, I will be appearing voluntarily in the UK as soon as possible and defending myself against these allegations, which I’m sure will prove my innocence.” The Crown Prosecution Service said last month that a man, now in his 40s, claims to have been sexually assaulted by Spacey twice in March 2005. A second man, now in his 30s, claims that he was sexually assaulted in August 2008 and then forced into a sexual act against his will. All these alleged incidents took place in London. The third complainant, now in his 30s, alleges that he was sexually assaulted in April 2013 in Gloucestershire. A Met spokesman said today: “A man has been charged following a Met investigation into allegations of recent sexual misconduct. Kevin Spacey Fowler, 62, was formally charged today with four counts of sexually assaulting three men. “He has also been accused of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without his consent. “He is due to appear in Westminster Court at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 16. “The accusations follow the examination by the Crown Prosecution Service of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police during its investigation.” Spacey, who starred in some of Hollywood’s greatest hits over the past three decades, as well as television shows such as House of Cards, was the artistic director of the Old Vic Theater in London between 2004 and 2015. He has won two Oscars. The first was in 1995 for Best Supporting Actor in The Usual Suspects for his role as the gangster Keyser Söze. In 1999 he got the gong for Best Actor for his role in American Beauty, where he played Lester Burnham, a middle-aged advertising executive who falls in love with his teenage daughter’s best friend.
