Kevin Spacey is to seem at Westminster magistrates courtroom on Thursday charged with sexual offences in opposition to three males, police have stated.
The Oscar-winning actor faces 4 counts of sexual assault and one depend of inflicting an individual to have interaction in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent. The fees comply with a overview by the Crown Prosecution Service of proof gathered by the Metropolitan police.
He has been charged with two counts of sexual assault on a person, who's now in his 40s, in March 2005 in London; sexual assault on a person, now in his 30s, in August 2008 in London; and a separate depend of inflicting the second man to have interaction in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent.
He has additionally been charged with sexual assault on one other man, now in his 30s, in April 2013 in Gloucestershire.
Spacey, 62, had beforehand stated he would journey to the UK to face the costs, which he's anticipated to disclaim. The CPS authorised costs in opposition to him final month, however Spacey may solely be charged as soon as he had travelled to the UK.
In an announcement launched to Good Morning America after the CPS announcement, Spacey stated: “Whereas I'm dissatisfied with their determination to maneuver ahead, I'll voluntarily seem within the UK as quickly as might be organized and defend myself in opposition to these costs, which I'm assured will show my innocence.”
Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, was inventive director of the Outdated Vic in London between 2004 and 2015. He grew up in California and lived in London for greater than a decade, saying it had grow to be his house.
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