On Monday, actorKevin Spaceyappeared before a Massachusetts judgefor the latest hearing in his sexual assault casestemming from an alleged 2016 incident against an 18-year-old man on Nantucket Island.
Spacey did not enter a plea at the hearing but a not guilty plea was automatically entered on his behalf in accordance with Massachusetts law, PEOPLE confirms.
Spacey, who lives in California, wore a grey suit with a lavender-flowered shirt and a blue polka dot tie. He briefly smiled as he walked into the courtroom and left court without speaking.
Actor Kevin Spacey with his attorney, Alan Jackson.NICOLE HARNISHFEGER/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Michael Giardino asked at the hearing that Spacey have no contact with his alleged victim or the accuser’s family. The judge approved the request.
Spacey’s presence in court Monday was mandatory,after the judge rejected the 59-year-old Oscar winner’s recent requestto have his appearance waived.
The filing further stated that if Spacey attended the hearing, it would “only serve to heighten prejudicial media interest in the case and will increase the risk of contamination of the pool of jurors available for the trial.”
Kevin Spacey at his arraignment on Monday.NICOLE HARNISHFEGER/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Spacey was charged with felony indecent assault and batteryin connection with the alleged incident inside a Nantucket restaurant and bar.
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In the police report, Spacey’s accuser, now 20, told authorities that he was “texting and snapchatting” while Spacey allegedly reached down his pants and repeatedly touched his genitals over the course of three minutes, where the accuser worked as a bus boy.
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He went on to say Spacey’s alleged touching went on for about three minutes and that he tried to move away and moved Spacey’s hands away, but that Spacey allegedly persisted, the report states. He said he left the establishment when Spacey went to the bathroom.
On the same day that Spacey was charged with felony sexual assault, the actor released a video on his social media accounts, in which he seemed to be channeling his deceasedHouse of Cardscharacter, Frank Underwood, and lashed out at his accusers and their supporters.
“Some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all,” Spacey said in the video. “They’re just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved.”
Kevin Spacey in court Monday.NICOLE HARNISHFEGER/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
“Wouldn’t that be easy if it was all so simple?” he continued. “Only you and I both know it’s never that simple, not in politics and not in life. … If I didn’t pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn’t do.”
source: people.com
