New accuser sues US actor Kevin Spacey in UK over sexual abuse claim
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Actor Kevin Spacey was in 2023 found not guilty of several criminal sexual charges alleged by four men.
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LONDON – A new civil claim alleging sexual abuse against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey was filed on Feb 12 at London’s High Court, the legal team representing the accuser said.
Actor Ruari Cannon is suing Spacey, 65, and two organisations connected to London’s Old Vic Theatre, where Spacey was artistic director between 2003 and 2015, the claimant’s legal firm Fieldfisher said.
Details of the allegations have not been published yet.
Spacey was in 2023 found not guilty of several criminal sexual charges alleged by four men.
The star of American Beauty (1999) and drama series House Of Cards (2013 to 2018) was acquitted by majority verdicts in London following a trial lasting several weeks.
One of the accusers in the criminal trial has also launched civil action against Spacey.
The claim filed on Feb 12 does not relate to any of the accusers involved in the criminal trial.
Spacey won the best supporting actor Oscar for 1995 film The Usual Suspects and best actor in 2000 for American Beauty.
But his once-stellar career has been halted by the allegations of sexual offences, which first emerged in 2017 as part of the nascent #MeToo movement, and which he has always denied.
The 2023 acquittal followed a New York court in 2022 dismissing a US$40 million (S$53.9 million) civil sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against him. AFP
