Two weeks right into a UK sexual assault trial, Kevin Spacey has begun to defend himself in entrance of jurors. Taking the stand on Thursday, the actor admitted that whereas he has been “a giant flirt,” he felt “crushed” when a person {accused} him of sexual assault. “I by no means thought that (the person) I knew would…20 years later stab me within the again,” Spacey stated, as reported by the Related Press.
The 2-time Oscar winner beforehand pleaded not responsible in opposition to 12 prices that embrace sexual assault, indecent assault, and inflicting an individual to have interaction in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent. These alleged incidents concerned 4 males and occurred between 2001 and 2013, a interval throughout which Spacey was inventive director of London’s Outdated Vic theater.
Spacey reportedly grew to become emotional as he recounted the “intimate” and “considerably sexual” relationship he had with a person who’s now accusing the actor of groping him so violently in a automobile that they practically ran off the street. The defendant denied this account, telling the court docket, “I used to be not on a suicide mission in any of these years.” Spacey additionally stated that the pair by no means had intercourse as a result of the complainant “made it clear he didn’t need to go any additional,” and that he “revered that.”
One other man who says he met Spacey at a 2005 charity occasion alleges that the actor made lewd feedback towards him and forcibly grabbed his genitals. “It wasn’t like a caress,” the accuser testified. “It was like a cobra popping out.” Spacey stated that “by no means occurred” and described the person’s recollection as “insanity,” partially as a result of he would by no means “embarrass myself in such a method” at a public occasion.
A 3rd man instructed police that after falling asleep in Spacey’s London house in August 2008, he awoke to seek out the actor performing oral intercourse on him. Spacey testified that the pair had a “consensual…good and wonderful” night collectively, however that the person grew to become “awkward and fumbling” after the oral intercourse, and “hurriedly left.” The actor stated he later referred to as the complainant to examine on his well-being, as his cellphone data mirrored, and exchanged textual content messages with him.
On the opening of the trial, prosecutor Christine Agnew referred to as Spacey, who acquired a lifetime achievement award in Italy earlier this yr, a “sexual bully” who “delights in making others really feel powerless and uncomfortable.” If discovered responsible, Spacey faces a doable jail sentence.
