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| Kevin Spacey faces criminal charge over alleged sexual assault of teenager | Kevin Spacey faces criminal charge over alleged sexual assault of teenager |
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| Kevin Spacey is facing a charge of indecent assault and battery in relation to alleged sexual misconduct at a restaurant in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in July 2016, officials said on Monday. | |
| Harvey Weinstein: judge rejects bid to dismiss sexual assault charges | Harvey Weinstein: judge rejects bid to dismiss sexual assault charges |
| The assault charge relates to allegations that Spacey sexually assaulted the teenage son of Heather Unruh, who was formerly a TV news anchor in Boston, the Boston Globe reported. | The assault charge relates to allegations that Spacey sexually assaulted the teenage son of Heather Unruh, who was formerly a TV news anchor in Boston, the Boston Globe reported. |
| Spacey, who was dropped from the Netflix series House of Cards after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, is expected in Nantucket district court on 7 January for his arraignment. | Spacey, who was dropped from the Netflix series House of Cards after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, is expected in Nantucket district court on 7 January for his arraignment. |
| Michael O’Keefe, prosecutor for the Cape & Islands District, said in a statement that the Nantucket district court clerk magistrate Brian Kearney issued the criminal complaint against Spacey on 20 December, following a “public show cause hearing”. | |
| A representative for Spacey could not immediately be reached for comment. | A representative for Spacey could not immediately be reached for comment. |
| According to the Boston Globe, the charge against Spacey is a felony. | According to the Boston Globe, the charge against Spacey is a felony. |
| After more than a year out of the limelight following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Spacey re-emerged on Monday with a bizarre video posted on YouTube and Twitter titled Let Me Be Frank, in which he appeared to reprise his character of President Frank Underwood from House of Cards. | |
| Let Me Be Frank https://t.co/OzVGsX6Xbz | Let Me Be Frank https://t.co/OzVGsX6Xbz |
| “Of course, some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all,” Spacey says in the video, in which he wears a Santa Claus-pattern kitchen apron. | “Of course, some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all,” Spacey says in the video, in which he wears a Santa Claus-pattern kitchen apron. |
| “They’re just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved. | “They’re just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved. |
| “But you wouldn’t believe the worst without evidence, would you? You wouldn’t rush to judgment without facts, would you? … Did you? | |
| “No, not you, you’re smarter than that,” his character also said, addressing the viewer. | “No, not you, you’re smarter than that,” his character also said, addressing the viewer. |
| Spacey reportedly posted the monologue after the charges were made public. | Spacey reportedly posted the monologue after the charges were made public. |
| “If I didn’t pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn’t do,” he says in it. | “If I didn’t pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn’t do,” he says in it. |
| Unruh went public in November 2017 with allegations that Spacey slipped his hand down her then 18-year-old son’s pants, and then touched his genitals, at the Club Car Restaurant the preceding summer. | Unruh went public in November 2017 with allegations that Spacey slipped his hand down her then 18-year-old son’s pants, and then touched his genitals, at the Club Car Restaurant the preceding summer. |
| When Spacey went to use the restaurant’s bathroom, her son fled. He did not disclose the incident due to embarrassment, Unruh said. | When Spacey went to use the restaurant’s bathroom, her son fled. He did not disclose the incident due to embarrassment, Unruh said. |
| Mitchell Garabedian, a lawyer representing Spacey’s accuser, said in a statement: “Let the facts be presented, the relevant law applied and a just and fair verdict rendered.” | Mitchell Garabedian, a lawyer representing Spacey’s accuser, said in a statement: “Let the facts be presented, the relevant law applied and a just and fair verdict rendered.” |
| Prosecutors are separately reviewing allegations that Spacey attacked a man in Malibu, California in October 2016. Police in the UK have also investigated Spacey for alleged sexual assault. | Prosecutors are separately reviewing allegations that Spacey attacked a man in Malibu, California in October 2016. Police in the UK have also investigated Spacey for alleged sexual assault. |
| Spacey’s latest film, Billionaire Boys Club, which he made before the sexual assault allegations, was considered a record-setting flop, taking in just $126 (£98) on its opening night. | |
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