Following the authorization by Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Hollywood mega-star Kevin Spacey was charged on Thursday with four counts of sexual assault.
According to the Service the four charges against Spacey involve sexual assaults against three men, and he is reported to be facing a further fifth count of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”
The alleged assaults; all against men; occurred in London in 2005 and in 2008, with the fourth alleged assault occurring in Gloucestershire in 2013.
The have been numerous sexual assault allegations made against Spacey encompassing a multitude of interactions between the A-lister and his alleged male victims spanning between 1995 to 2013, including an allegation made in 2017 by American Actor Anthony Rapp who claimed that at the age of 14 he was subjected to unwanted sexual advances by Spacey.
Head of the UK CPS Special Crime Division Robert Ainslie said:
“The CPS has authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men.”
“He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. The charges follow a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation.”
As active criminal proceedings against the American Beauty star continue, the CPS has reminded all concerned that Spacey has the “right to a fair trial.”
Amid the string of allegations Spacey’s character Frank Underwood was ‘killed off’ in the political drama series House of Cards and he was ordered to pay the studio $US43.7 million over a breach of contract.
His role as J. Paul Getty in Ridley Scott’s completed film All the Money in the World (2017) was scrapped, and the film was re-shot with Christopher Plummer in his place.
