Kevin Spacey Settles With Sexual Assault Accusers Before London Civil Trial

Kevin Spacey has reached a settlement with three men who sued him over sexual assault claims, according to BBC News, avoiding a civil trial in London that was set for October.

The men alleged that Spacey had assaulted them between 2000 and 2013, and in November it was determined that the actor would face a new trial. Details of the settlement were not given.

Spacey, who has denied all allegations against him, was previously acquitted of of sexual assault charges brought by four men in a U.K. criminal trial in 2023.

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One of the men suing Spacey in civil court previously did so in 2022, but the case was put on hold during his criminal trial. The man, who has been granted anonymity by the court, claims he “suffered psychiatric damage and other financial loss” as a result of the alleged sexual assault, which he says took place in August 2008.

Another man, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and alleges that Spacey groped him at a party in 2013 while he was starring in a play at the Old Vic, where Spacey was the artistic director. Cannon took part in last year’s Channel 4 docuseries “Spacey Unmasked,” to which the actor responded: “Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated.”

Spacey was also sued in New York civil court in 2022 by actor Anthony Rapp over allegations of sexual assault, but was found not liable by a jury.