Actor Kevin Spacey cleared of all charges of sexual assault

All the men said the contact was unwanted but Spacey testified that the young actor and another man had willingly participated in consensual acts.

He said he didn't remember a fourth incident at a small party at a home he rented in the country but accepted that he touched the groin of a man he had met at a pub during a night of heavy drinking.Defence lawyer Patrick Gibbs said three of the men were liars and incidents had been "reimagined with a sinister spin".Prosecutor Christine Agnew told jurors that Spacey was a "sexual bully" who took what he wanted when he wanted.

The accusations date from 2001 to 2013 and include a period when Spacey — after winning Academy Awards forDuring most of that period he was artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre in London.The men came forward after an American actor accused Spacey of an incident of sexual misconduct as the #MeToo movement heated up in 2017.

One of the men broke down when speaking with police as he provided details in a videotaped interview about the oral sex incident that he said he'd never told anyone before.

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