The trial began in England and will last four days. The actor has denied all the allegations
One of the people who claims she was abused by Kevin Spacey says the actor acted like a “predator” when she was alone with him. In court, the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said on one occasion he was grabbed so hard while driving that he drove off the road.
According to the BBCKevin Spacey, 63, was in the courtroom at Southwark Crown Court and listened to his accuser detail the abuse he allegedly suffered and related to seven of the 12 offenses he was charged with.
The court also heard a recording of the police interrogation before Spacey’s lawyer questioned the man in court.
The man alleged that Spacey assaulted her 12 times, “in a car or in an elevator” or “whenever” they were “alone,” adding that the actor’s behavior was “strange and embarrassing” and that his body was stumbling.
“On several occasions, he tried to grab me,” she said, adding that this time she told the actor that the behavior was inappropriate, but felt that Spacey “showed too much interest by it.”
According to the plaintiff, Spacey began to feel strange about him a few weeks after they met, and was “infatuated with him from the start” and told him he could introduce him to celebrities.
The man said that when he saw Spacey at the London apartment, he found him “half-clothed, if not naked” and “tried to touch him” before leaving.
Spacey’s return to America was a relief
The plaintiff was further questioned by the actor’s attorney, Patrick Gibbs Casey, who questioned when the car incident took place. According to the man, the assault took place on the way to a charity ball hosted by Elton John in the mid-2000s, leading the lawyer to say the reports were “absolutely false” after Spacey attended a gala in 2001. .
“You’ll have to apologize if I got the dates wrong, but that was 20 years ago,” the man replied.
In court, the plaintiff said she was relieved when Kevin Spacey traveled to the US and would be “dreaded when he returns” to London. “My heart sank.”
Noting that Spacey “acted well” and vouching that the man was a “slippery, twisted and difficult person”, but above all “a predator” he was “aggressive”.
“He told me he had a confused childhood. He was a confused man. At the time, I didn’t know if he was gay or straight,” he said, adding that now, he is “sick to think about.” actor
The plaintiff “one million percent” denies any kind of consensual relationship with Spacey and denies allegations that she condemned the lawsuit because she “saw the train coming” and decided to “get on it.”
“It was the truth that appeared in the news that made me remember everything. It made me feel like I had the courage to speak up for others. It made me go public and tell the truth. Even”.
He was one of four plaintiffs who accused him of sexual assault in England between 2001 and 2013, when Spacey spent significant periods in the UK as director of the Old Vic theater in south London between 2004 and 2015.
In court, Spacey pleaded not guilty to all 12 charges against him. The trial is expected to last four days.
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