The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised 4 sexual assault fees in opposition to US actor Kevin Spacey.
The alleged incidents befell in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and in Gloucestershire in April 2013.
It follows a evaluation of the proof gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its earlier investigation into the actor.
Rosemary Ainslie, Head of the CPS Particular Crime Division, mentioned in a press release: “The CPS has authorised prison fees in opposition to Kevin Spacey, 62, for 4 counts of sexual assault in opposition to three males.
“He has additionally been charged with inflicting an individual to have interaction in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent. The costs observe a evaluation of the proof gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation.
“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all involved that prison proceedings in opposition to Mr Spacey are lively and that he has the fitting to a good trial.”
The information comes only a month after Spacey mentioned allegations of sexual abuse made in opposition to him by actor Anthony Rapp are “completely false,” as his attorneys requested a US decide to have the case dropped.
The actor, 61, “categorically denied” the accusations and mentioned he “didn't harbour any sexual curiosity or need in Mr Rapp on the time or since”.
Spacey has been in exile from Hollywood since Rapp accused him of the inappropriate behaviour in October 2017.
Rapp claimed he was the sufferer of an “undesirable sexual advance” at a celebration in 1986 when he was 14 years outdated.
Paperwork filed in New York in April claimed Spacey had stunned Rapp on the celebration by choosing him up and placing him on a mattress.
The paperwork mentioned Spacey had then pushed his physique weight in opposition to Rapp earlier than the actor “wriggled out” with no resistance through the transient encounter.
Spacey mentioned none of his interactions with Rapp had been “for the aim of degrading or abusing him”.
“I categorically deny plaintiff Anthony Rapp’s declare that I sexually assaulted him or in any other case made a ‘sexual advance’ on him,” the 61-year-old mentioned.
“I met Mr Rapp a number of a long time in the past. I by no means had a sexual encounter with Mr Rapp. Nor did I harbour any sexual curiosity or need in Mr Rapp at the moment or any time.
“Nor did I've bodily contact with Mr Rapp or every other interplay with him that was for the aim of sexual gratification of both me or him.
“Nor did I've any bodily contact with Mr Rapp or every other interplay with him that was for the aim of degrading or abusing him.
“Any suggestion in any other case by Mr Rapp or anybody else is totally false.”
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