The verdict is in for Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault case.
13.07.2023 - 09:33 / deadline.com
Kevin Spacey is to take the witness box today as his defense in his UK sexual offences trial begins.
Spacey’s lawyer Patrick Gibbs KC has told the jury at Southwark Crown Court in the past few minutes that he would be calling the Hollywood actor to the witness box. Prior to the trial, it was unclear whether Spacey would provide a defense or not.
The two-time Oscar winner began by swearing an oath to tell the truth during his evidence.
Gibbs addressed the jury at the start of the defense case, saying: “A couple of weeks ago when I very briefly identified the issues to you I suggested that there might be some obstacles in your route to the truth, and those obstacles, I suggested then, were rumour and fame and how fame makes people behave towards you and secrecy… and sexual confusion.”
He added that he hopes the “obstacles” are “in pretty clear sight” for the 12 jurors.
“I asked you just to keep an eye out for what actually happened – whether it was consensual, whether it appeared to be consensual, what by contrast has been or may have been reimagined with a sinister spin and what has just been made up,” Gibbs went on to say. The barrister added that he hoped the jury could see why those questions “may at least have been worth keeping in mind.”
The jury has spent the last fortnight hearing the case for the prosection including testimony from four complainants. The offenses are all alleged to have happened in Britain between 2001 and 2013 when Spacey worked at the Old Vic Theatre in London. Spacey has variously been accused of likely drugging someone before he woke up to find Spacey performing a sex act on him, grooming and grabbing a different person’s genitalia.
The jury has also heard how Spacey told police he was
The verdict is in for Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault case.
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Kevin Spacey took the stand Thursday in his sexual assault trial in London, denying allegations made by four accusers and telling the jury that he considered his actions with one of the men «romantic.» The Hollywood star was in the witness box for the first time during the trial, at which he's facing a total of 12 charges including sexual assault, indecent assault and one more serious charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.Spacey has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, which stem from allegations made by four men over incidents that occurred in the U.K. over a two decade period.Giving evidence at London's Southwark Crown Court, the Academy award winner said he had a consensual relationship with one of his accusers that was «somewhat intimate.» Spacey said he had been flirtatious with the man and that a relationship «developed over time.»«We enjoyed each other's company,» the actor told the court, adding that he «would have taken the lead.» Spacey said he had touched the man in «intimate» areas and that while there was consensual sexual activity between them, he denied committing any forceful act.«It did not happen in a violent, aggressive, painful way… it was gentle and, in my mind, romantic,» Spacey said.
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