Kevin Spacey Appears in UK Court to Face 12 Sexual Assault Charges, Jury Seated

One of Kevin Spacey’s four accusers on Thursday stood by his allegations of "horrific" verbal abuse and groping by the disgraced actor after the defense claimed parts of his testimony were "completely untrue."  The unidentified man testified in a London courtroom Wednesday that Spacey, who was the artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre during the time of the allegations, launched a "machine gun" of sexual and racial verbal abuse at him before grabbing his crotch "like a cobra" backstage in the early 2000s.  "It wasn’t like a caress. It was like a cobra coming out and getting hold," the alleged victim said.

Kevin Spacey launched “machine gun” of “horrific” sexual comments at one of his accusers, leaving the alleged victim feeling “belittled and worthless,” a court heard today.

One of Kevin Spacey's accusers described during the actor's ongoing London criminal trial the moment he claims the "House of Cards" star groped him. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.  The charges stem from allegations from four different men. One man who testified Wednesday claimed Spacey made sexual and racially offensive comments to him before allegedly groping him.

An alleged victim of Kevin Spacey has said he put his allegations “in a box” initially because the Oscar-winning actor was seen as a “golden boy.”

K.J. Yossman Kevin Spacey allegedly grabbed a man’s genitalia after bombarding him with aggressively sexual comments during a charity event, a U.K. court heard today. The prosecution played the alleged victim’s pre-recorded police interview to the jury on Wednesday morning, in which he said that Spacey had arrived at the event in 2005 in the middle of the morning smelling of alcohol and looking as though he had been up all night. After the complainant found himself briefly alone with Spacey, he said the actor bombarded him with aggressive sexual questions, including asking him “Have we fucked?,” “Do you have a big cock?” and “What’s your cock like?”

Kevin Spacey’s alleged victims has claimed the actor was “giggling” after he committed sexual assault.At Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday (July 3), a pre-recorded police interview of the unidentified man’s allegations was aired to the jury. During the interview (via Variety), the man claimed Spacey had groped him “a good dozen times” including touching his inner thighs and genitals over his clothes, and putting his hands on the actor’s genitals. It’s said the alleged incidents happened over the space of “a few years”.In the interview, Spacey was also compared to his serial killer character in the 1995 crime thriller film Seven.

Kevin Spacey is facing new allegations while in courting facing 12 sexual assault charges.

K.J. Yossman One of Kevin Spacey’s alleged victims compared the actor to the serial killer he played in David Fincher’s feature “Se7en” in a U.K. court on Monday. The man, who can not be identified under British law, detailed the allegations against Spacey in a pre-recorded police interview, which was played to the jury at Southwark Crown Court in London. He said Spacey had groped him “a good dozen times,” including touching his inner thighs and genitals over his clothes, “smack[ing] his arse” and putting the man’s hands on Spacey’s genitals. The alleged incidents took place over the space of “a few years.” During the interview, the man also compared Spacey to his character in the Fincher film. “His character in ‘Se7en,’ he’s a bit like that,” the man said. “A bit creepy. Maybe not quite as bad.”

Jurors in the Kevin Spacey trial have been shown footage of a police interview with an alleged victim of the Hollywood star in which he said the actor “grabbed me so hard I almost came off the road.”

Prosecutors painted actor Kevin Spacey as a "sexual bully" during opening statements of his criminal trial Friday. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.  The charges stem from allegations from four different men.

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Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey gets a thrill by preying on other men, a prosecutor told jurors during his sexual assault trial Friday in a London courtroom.

Prosecutors are set to open their case against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, who is charged with sex offences against four men.

Jurors will hear “many damned lies” and “some deliberate exaggerations” in the trial of Kevin Spacey, according to the American Beauty star’s lawyer.

K.J. Yossman The prosecution in Kevin Spacey’s trial for sexual assault told the jury it was normal to be “starstruck or overwhelmed” as the trial began, but warned “you must keep yourself grounded and true to the oath.” Spacey is on trial for 12 counts of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court in London, U.K. The prosecution alleges the assaults took place against four men in the U.K. between 2001 and 2013, when Spacey was living and working in London. Barrister Christine Agney KC gave the prosecution’s opening statement on Friday morning, in which she set out who Spacey was, calling him an “extremely famous actor who has won a number of awards” and setting out the charges against him.

Kevin Spacey has been labelled a “sexual bully” who “sexually assaults other men” and “delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable” by the prosecutor opening the AMerican Beauty star’s trial this morning.

Kevin Spacey is in court facing 12 sexual assault charges.

Kevin Spacey's trial began Wednesday in London, with the Hollywood actor facing charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and a more serious offense of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Spacey has pleaded not guilty to all of the 12 charges against him. The 63-year-old arrived at London's Southwark Crown Court and smiled and waved at media gathered outside the building as he waked in. As the proceedings began, the judge laid out ground rules for members of the jury, acknowledging the case had «attracted a lot of media coverage,» and urging jurists to «rely on what you see and hear in this courtroom.»The trial is expected to last four weeks, and little more was likely to come out of Wednesday's opening hearing.

Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey walked into a London courtroom Wednesday to face trial on charges of sexually assaulting four men as long as two decades ago.

K.J. Yossman Kevin Spacey has appeared in the dock in London to face 12 sexual assault charges.