The process will take about four weeks.
London:
An alleged Kevin Spacey sexual assault victim said the “smooth” Hollywood actor had tried to “groom” him before later groping him repeatedly, a London court heard Monday.
Spacey, 63, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court and is charged with a dozen counts of historic sex offenses committed against four men, then aged between 20 and 30, which allegedly took place between 2001 and 2013.
He has denied all charges and his lawyer said at the start of the trial last week that the jury would hear “damn lies”.
On Monday, the court was shown a taped police interview with the first of the alleged victims. The man said the actor assaulted him up to 12 times over a period of about four years in the early 2000s, taking his “private spaces” when they were alone, such as in a car or an elevator.
After being with Mr. Spacey for two to three weeks, the actor began rubbing the man’s legs and neck while driving, before later beginning to grope him or press the man’s hand on his genitals, he said.
“He was almost grooming me from the beginning,” the man said in the interview.
The alleged victim, who cannot be identified, said the “feeling sensitive” actor once grabbed his crotch so aggressively when driving him to a party held by singer Elton John that he almost crashed the car.
The accuser described himself as a “man’s man” and said he had threatened to knock the actor out if he did it again, to which Mr. Spacey had replied “I find that so exciting”.
He described Mr. Spacey as a “slippery”, difficult person, a “confused person” who was very confused about his sexuality. The man said Mr Spacey’s behavior was an open secret at London’s Old Vic theater where he worked for more than a decade.
“It was common knowledge that he was clearly up to no good so to speak,” the man said.
The process will take about four weeks.
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