adminLONDON. – American actor Kevin Spacey has been described as a “slippery, snaking person” in a case in which he is facing sexual assault charges.
Spacey is facing seven charges in relation to complainant one, who has been giving evidence in court.
They are:
l Three sexual assault charges
l Three indecent assault charges
l One causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent
These offences are alleged to have been committed by Spacey in the 2000s.
“He grabbed me in private areas, and got my hands on him at different times,” the complainant said.
“In a car or in a lift any time when we became alone. Multiple occasions he would try and grope me.
“It would make me very uncomfortable.”
Yesterday, the session began with the jury being shown a video recording of the interview the complainant first gave to police which include that:
l Spacey would make him very uncomfortable, the man told police, detailing allegations of the actor assaulting him “up to 12 times”
l The complainant described the actor as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person”
l The man was then questioned from behind a curtain by defence barrister Patrick Gibbs KC, where he says the first time an alleged incident happened he felt “shocked”
l Asked how he had felt over time, the accuser said: “A mixture, ashamed, embarrassment or shock”
Spacey denies all the allegations in this case.
“I still feel ashamed today,” the complainant said.
“It is not something I would ever say I have overcome.
“We were going to a party and maybe cause he’d had a few drinks beforehand he was not aware of how strong his grip was, but he grabbed me very hard on the p***s and it literally winded me.
“That’s when I was angry, that’s when I said don’t do it again.
“That was the end for me, he wasn’t bothered. I was getting angrier and angrier. I didn’t want to go down that road.” – BBC.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter