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Multiple news sources report that actor Kevin Spacey was found not guilty of sexually assaulting four men at a trial in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. This came after years of legal trouble for the actor, who was once famous but fell from grace during the height of the #MeToo movement. Spacey faced a dozen charges in the United Kingdom, including sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual behavior without permission. However, all four indecent assault charges were dropped due to a "legal technicality," according to Yahoo News . Spacey has always rejected the accusations against him. The plaintiffs One of the four complainants, whose name cannot be revealed due to British law, said during the trial that in 2004 or 2005, while taking him to a party, Spacey grabbed him so hard in the crotch that he almost lost his breath. car control. Another complainant said Spacey gave him alcohol and marijuana before kissing his neck and grabbing his crotch while telling him "calm down, calm down.
A third claimed he believes he was drugged before Spacey initiated a sexual encounter with him while he was sleeping, and a fourth complainant said Spacey grabbed him by the crotch "like a cobra" when they were alone in a theater where they both worked. Much of the evidence focused on character, with complainants calling him a "vile sexual predator" and comparing him to the serial killer he played in the movie "Seven." During the trial, Spacey himself testified and explained his actions, stating that they were all voluntary. He said his relationship Lebanon Email List with one of the complainants was "romantic" and that they had a lot of fun together. He claimed that he felt betrayed by the man who accused him of touching him after giving him marijuana, but said that "the moment he told me he wasn't interested, I stopped," which the complainant admitted. He claimed he did not know the man who he said grabbed him by the penis "like a cobra" and barely remembered the man who claimed she initiated a sexual encounter with him while he was sleeping, but he insisted that all of his actions have been consensual.
Musician Elton John and his husband David Furnish testified that Spacey was not at the party in 2004 or 2005 where he was accused of inappropriately touching his driver. Spacey also spoke about how the charges changed his life: " My world exploded ," he said, speaking about what happened after the first accusations against him in 2017. " I lost my job, my reputation and everything else in a matter of days, before the first question or answer was asked ." In her closing comments, prosecutor Christine Agnew KC asked the jury: "Are all the complainants motivated by 'money, money, money,' as the defendant dramatically told them when he testified?" Or have they had enough and are no longer willing to be “secret keepers” after being treated so poorly? « With Wednesday's decision, the revered former star of " House of Cards ," "American Beauty" and "The Usual Suspects" will no longer have to fight in court for years.
A third claimed he believes he was drugged before Spacey initiated a sexual encounter with him while he was sleeping, and a fourth complainant said Spacey grabbed him by the crotch "like a cobra" when they were alone in a theater where they both worked. Much of the evidence focused on character, with complainants calling him a "vile sexual predator" and comparing him to the serial killer he played in the movie "Seven." During the trial, Spacey himself testified and explained his actions, stating that they were all voluntary. He said his relationship Lebanon Email List with one of the complainants was "romantic" and that they had a lot of fun together. He claimed that he felt betrayed by the man who accused him of touching him after giving him marijuana, but said that "the moment he told me he wasn't interested, I stopped," which the complainant admitted. He claimed he did not know the man who he said grabbed him by the penis "like a cobra" and barely remembered the man who claimed she initiated a sexual encounter with him while he was sleeping, but he insisted that all of his actions have been consensual.
Musician Elton John and his husband David Furnish testified that Spacey was not at the party in 2004 or 2005 where he was accused of inappropriately touching his driver. Spacey also spoke about how the charges changed his life: " My world exploded ," he said, speaking about what happened after the first accusations against him in 2017. " I lost my job, my reputation and everything else in a matter of days, before the first question or answer was asked ." In her closing comments, prosecutor Christine Agnew KC asked the jury: "Are all the complainants motivated by 'money, money, money,' as the defendant dramatically told them when he testified?" Or have they had enough and are no longer willing to be “secret keepers” after being treated so poorly? « With Wednesday's decision, the revered former star of " House of Cards ," "American Beauty" and "The Usual Suspects" will no longer have to fight in court for years.
