{"id":1958976,"date":"2023-06-28T08:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at-london-court-for-sex-offence-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:23:06","slug":"kevin-spacey-arrives-at-london-court-for-sex-offence-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at-london-court-for-sex-offence-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Spacey attends London court for trial on sex offence charges."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-spacey-arrives-at-london-court-for-sex-offence-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Kevin Spacey Arrives at Court for Start of Trial on Sex Offence Charges<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey arrived at a London court on Wednesday for the start of his four-week trial on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at-london-court-for-sex-offence-trial\/\" title=\"Kevin Spacey attends London court for trial on sex offence charges.\">dozen sex offence charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spacey, 63, denies allegations of historic offences committed against four men which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>He made no comments to media on arriving at the court.<\/p>\n<p><h3>The Charges<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Spacey include indecent and sexual assaults and a more serious offence of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, which carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><h3>The Trial<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>His trial at London\u2019s Southwark Crown Court is due to get underway on Wednesday with the selection of the jury, although the prosecution case may not formally begin until later this week or next week. <\/p>\n<p>Spacey, who won Oscars for best actor in \u201cAmerican Beauty\u201d (1999) and best supporting actor in \u201cThe Usual Suspects\u201d (1995), spent over a decade working in London as artistic director for the British capital\u2019s Old Vic theatre from 2004 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Previous Charges<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>British prosecutors first revealed he faced charges in May 2022, saying he was accused of five assaults between March 2005 and April 2013 \u2013 four in London and one in Gloucestershire in the west of England. They involved one man who is now in his 40s and two men now in their 30s.<\/p>\n<p>Last November the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a further seven charges involving sex assaults on one man between 2001 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Spacey, once one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars, has largely disappeared from public view since being accused of sexual misconduct six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States last October, Spacey defeated a sexual abuse case brought against him in a civil court after jurors in  Manhattan found his accuser did not prove his claim that the actor made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Mark Heinrich and Christina Fincher)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at\/attachment\/actor-kevin-spaceys-trial-over-charges-related-to-allegations-of\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at\/attachment\/actor-kevin-spaceys-trial-over-charges-related-to-allegations-of-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/kevin-spacey-arrives-at\/attachment\/actor-kevin-spaceys-trial-over-charges-related-to-allegations-of-3\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>The Latest News<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Federal Reserve presents its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sweden and Turkey prepare for a meeting to discuss Turkey\u2019s objections to Sweden\u2019s\u00a0membership\u00a0in NATO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Republican strategist Roger Stone joined One America\u2019s Stella Escobedo to talk Donald Trump, media censorship of Robert F. 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