Kevin Spacey to Face New Sexual Assault Trial in UK

Kevin Spacey to stand trial over three more claims of sexual assault in the London civil court next year.

According to BBC News, three men have sued the disgraced actor over allegations that he assaulted them between 2000 and 2013.

At a hearing in London’s High Court on Wednesday, a judge suggested a provisional trial date of October 12, 2026, though it is still to be decided if the claims will be heard in a single civil trial or three consecutive ones.

Spacey, who was acquitted of sexual assault charges brought by four men in a U.K. criminal trial in 2023, has denied all allegations.

The Oscar-winning actor has formally denied two of the three civil claims in court, but has not yet filed a defense for the third, the BBC added.

One of the men suing Spacey in civil court, previously did so in 2022, but the case was put on hold during his criminal trial.

The plaintiff, who has been granted anonymity by the court, claims he “suffered psychiatric damage and other financial loss” as a result of the alleged sexual assault, which he says took place in August 2008.

Another man, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and alleges that Spacey groped him at a party in 2013 while he was starring in a play at the Old Vic, where Spacey was the artistic director from 2004 to 2013.

Cannon took part in last year’s Channel 4 docuseries “Spacey Unmasked,” to which the actor responded: “Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated.”

Spacey was also sued in New York civil court in 2022 by actor Anthony Rapp over allegations of sexual assault, but was found not liable by a jury.