Oscar winner Kevin Spacey faces further sex offence charges in UK

Things have gone from bad to worse for two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey who faces sex assault charges in the UK.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will face an additional seven sexual offence charges in Britain, bringing the total number to 12.

Spacey was recently found not liable in a civil case brought against him in the US.

According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the further charges against the actor include three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

“The CPS has authorised additional criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 63, for a number of sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004,” said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division.

Kevin Spacey is facing new sex assault charges. Picture: Getty Images

“The CPS has also authorised one charge of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. The authority to charge follows a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation.”

Spacey in July pleaded not guilty at London’s Old Bailey court to four charges of sexual assault against three men between 2005 and 2013 in London and Gloucestershire in western England.

Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright in House of Cards. Spacey was dumped from the show’s final season, amid a slew of sexual assault accusations. Picture: Nathaniel Bell

None of the alleged victims can be identified under English law. Reporting restrictions prevent further details being disclosed before trial.

Spacey voluntarily appeared at a London court when the first charges were brought and vowed to defend himself against the charges.

Actor Anthony Rapp accused Kevin Spacey of molesting him when he was just 14. Picture: Getty Images

Those allegations referred to a period when he was artistic director of London’s Old Vic Theatre, between 2004 and 2015.

The new charges come just weeks after a jury in New York found Spacey not liable in a civil sexual misconduct trial brought by actor Anthony Rapp, who had accused the actor of sexually assaulting him when he was a teenager and they were both appearing on Broadway in the 1980s.

Kevin Spacey faces a media scrum outside a London court in June. Picture: Getty Images

The court dismissed the $US40 million ($A60 million) sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against Spacey by Rapp, who claimed the Hollywood star targeted him when he was just 14.

A judge had ruled that Rapp had brought the case too late for a criminal charge. Spacey’s acting career ended five years ago when Rapp’s allegations emerged and he was dropped from the final season of the acclaimed political drama, House of Cards, and other upcoming projects.

Allegations against him emerged in the wake of the #MeToo movement that saw numerous claims of sexual assault and harassment in the movie industry.

He has always denied allegations of sexual abuse.

In 2019, charges against the actor of indecent assault and sexual assault were dropped in Massachusetts.

– with AFP

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