According to a statement made public on Wednesday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised seven additional charges against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey for a string of sexual assaults he allegedly committed against one man between 2001 and 2004.
Inducing someone to engage in sexual activity without their consent is one of the new CPS allegations, while indecency and sexual assault are others. Following a review of the information gathered by British authorities, new charges have been filed.
In the past, Spacey, 63, was charged with five offences in the UK, including four counts of sexual assault by touching and the more serious charge of inciting another person to engage in penetrating sexual behaviour without their consent.
His attorney stated in June that Spacey had “vehemently” refuted the allegations of sexual misconduct.
Patrick Gibbs, Spacey’s British defense attorney, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on the additional accusations.
In the United States, Spacey won a sexual assault case against him last month after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial determined that his accuser failed to prove that Spacey made an unwelcome sexual attempt on him when he was 14 years old.