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‘Slippery’ actor Kevin Spacey tried to groom me, man tells UK court

  • The alleged victim said the actor had assaulted him on up to 12 occasions over four years, grabbing his ‘private areas’ when they were alone
  • The Hollywood star is on trial in London accused of a dozen allegations of historic sex offences committed against four men in their 20s and 30s

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Kevin Spacey arrives at court where he is charged with 3 counts of indecent assault, 7 counts of sexual assault, 1 count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and 1 count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Photo: dpa

An alleged sex assault victim of Kevin Spacey said the “slippery” Hollywood actor had tried to “groom” him before later repeatedly groping him, a London court heard on Monday.

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Spacey, 63, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of a dozen allegations of historic sex offences committed against four men, then aged in their 20s and 30s, which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.

He has denied all the charges and his lawyer said last week at the start of the trial the jury were going to hear some “damned lies”.

On Monday, the court was shown a recorded police interview with the first of the alleged victims. The man said the actor had assaulted him on up to 12 occasions over a period of about four years in the early 2000s, grabbing his “private areas” when they were alone, such as in a car or an elevator.

After two to three weeks of being with Spacey, the actor had begun rubbing the man’s legs and neck while he was driving, before later starting to grope him or force the man’s hand onto his genitalia, he said.

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