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British prosecutors charge Kevin Spacey with 7 additional sexual assaults
By A.L. Lee
American actor Kevin Spacey arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London in June while facing charges of sexual misconduct from three separate men. On Thursday, British law enforcement authorities filed seven new criminal charges against the actor -- including three counts of sexual assault -- in connection with alleged misconduct that occurred between 2001 and 2004. File photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 16 (UPI) -- British law enforcement authorities have filed seven new criminal charges against actor Kevin Spacey -- including three counts of sexual assault -- in connection with misconduct that allegedly occurred around 20 years ago.
The special crime division of the UK's Crown Prosecution Services issued a statement Wednesday spelling out the charges against Spacey, which stemmed from accusations leveled by one victim between 2001 and 2004.
Rosemary Ainslie, who heads the unit, wrote in the release that one of the charges against the two-time Academy Award winner is related to his "causing a person to engage in sexual activity without their consent."
The statement also noted that the Metropolitan Police was involved in collecting evidence as part of the investigation.
The latest legal trouble for Spacey comes as he was already facing trial in London next summer over the alleged sexual assault of three men, charges to which he pleaded not guilty in July.
The new criminal complaint was set to be mailed to Spacey this week along with a summons to appear in a London court to answer to the charges.
The 63-year-old American actor became a steady presence on the British arts scene between 2004 to 2015 after he took over as creative director of the Old Vic theater in London.
Nearly a decade earlier, Spacey won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Verbal Kint in "The Usual Suspects" in 1995. In 1999, he won his second Oscar, this time for Best Actor in the film "American Beauty."
Despite the accolades, Spacey has faced numerous public controversies and multiple sexual misconduct investigations in the United States dating as far back as the mid-1980s.
After a scandal emerged in 2012, Spacey's popular show "House of Cards" was forced to shut down production during its sixth and final season.
More recently, a federal jury in Manhattan last month found that Spacey was not liable for battery in a civil action brought by actor Anthony Rapp, who alleged that Spacey inappropriately climbed on top of him in 1986 when he was just 14 years old.
‘Flurry’ of sex abuse suits set to be filed in NY, including
by Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll
By Priscilla DeGregory and Zach Williams
November 24, 2022 6:00am Updated
NY Post
Journalist E. Jean Carroll is poised to file suit against Donald Trump for allegedly raping her, as the Adult Survivors Act goes into effect Thursday.
A “flurry” of sexual abuse claims are expected to be filed Thursday as New York’s Adult Survivors Act goes into effect — including a lawsuit from writer E. Jean Carroll accusing former President Donald Trump of rape.
The law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 24, allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to file suit — even if their claims are outside the statute of limitations — during a one-year “look-back window” that opens at midnight Thanksgiving Day.
“The opening of the ASA is a small correction in the statute of limitation laws that always favored the powerful and the predators,” said lawyer Carrie Goldberg, who will be taking on at least a couple dozen of the cases.
Goldberg — who is partnering on the cases with attorney Susan Crumiller, a close friend and fellow sexual abuse survivor — said the window opening on Thanksgiving is “apropos,” for victims grateful to be able to seek justice in court.
“This law is the debt that is owed to victims,” she said.
Carroll already has a civil claim pending against Trump in Manhattan federal court for allegedly defaming her when he called her a liar and said her accusations were “a complete con job.”
But with the ASA, she will now be able to sue the ex-president over the alleged attack specifically, adding to the slew of legal cases he is currently embroiled in.
The law mirrors the 2019 New York Child Victims Act which also opened up a window for survivors of childhood abuse to sue their assailants — or the institutions that protected them — regardless of when the abuse occurred.
There is much more on this story on the NY Post.
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