American comedian Kevin Spacey has been charged with four sexual assaults against three men in the United Kingdom, the British prosecutor’s office, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), announced on Thursday May 26. “The CPS has authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, on four counts of sexual assault against three men”said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS’s Special Crimes Division, in a statement.
The sexual assault charges against the actor relate to alleged incidents that took place between March 2005 and April 2013, in London and Gloucestershire, according to the press release from the British prosecutor’s office (link in English). Kevin Spacey is also being sued “for causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without their consent” in August 2008 in London, continues Rosemary Ainslie.
London police had opened an investigation after receiving several complaints of sexual assault against the comedian.
