Kevin Spacey returning to UK courts over sexual assault lawsuit after not-guilty verdict

Kevin Spacey is set to return to the UK legal system early next year after receiving a not-guilty verdict last June.

13:38, Tue, May 7, 2024 | UPDATED: 14:23, Tue, May 7, 2024

Kevin Spacey arrives at Southwark Crown Court ahead of sexual assault trial

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey will be returning to UK courts to face a civil trial as the actor is being sued over sexual assault allegations.

The trial is set to take place early next year with the accuser, who has been granted anonymity by the court, claiming he suffered “psychiatric damage and other financial loss” as a result of the alleged sexual assault by Spacey.

This latest update in the Oscar winner’s legal troubles comes just a day after the Channel 4-Max documentary aired featuring the new allegations.

The House of Cards star’s legal team was in court today according to Variety to respond to a judgment favoring the accuser as they reportedly failed to file his defense in time.

Spacey was not present. Daily Express has contacted his representatives for comment.

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Kevin Spacey is set to return to UK court next year for a civil suit (Image: GETTY)

The American Beauty actor last appeared before a British court in June when he was found not guilty on nine charges, including sexual assault, at London’s Southwark Crown Court.

The incidents invoking the charges related to four men and were alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013.

Spacey also won a US civil lawsuit in October 2022 where he had been accused of an unwanted sexual advance at a party in 1986.

The new Channel 4 documentary, Spacey Unmasked, aired some brutal allegations against the Oscar winner spanning from 1976 to 2013 and prompted Piers Morgan to reach out in the actor’s defense offering a “fair” interview.

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The actor was found not guilty in a UK court last year and in 2022 in an American court (Image: GETTY)

The docuseries saw multiple men making allegations against Spacey including former actor Ruari Cannon who alleged the 64-year-old touched him in a highly intimate way in mid-2013, when Ruari was 21.

Spacey has denied the allegations and claimed the network didn’t give him enough time to respond, which Channel 4 has also denied, and took to Dan Wootton’s YouTube channel to make a statement in the midst of the series’ release.

He told the former GB News presenter over the weekend: “I take full responsibility for my past behaviour and my actions. But I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologise to anyone who’s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me.”