Kevin Spacey has been fired from his role as head of Card castle following allegations of sexual assault and his career did not recover. Whereas Spacey directed a new film which was recently seeking distribution at the Cannes Film Festivalit couldn’t have come at a worse time for him as he was charged with sexual assault in the UK. The usual suspects The actor is now saying publicly that he is confident he will prevail in court.
Kevin Spacey was recently charged with four counts of sexual assault involving three men, stemming from his time as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre. While there were questions following the charges, that would mean Spacey would be extradited, the actor recently told GMA (via Deadline) that he will travel to the UK himself to face the charges and that he clearly maintains his innocence. Spacey said in part…
Although I am disappointed with their decision to go ahead, I will voluntarily appear in the UK as soon as possible and defend myself against these charges, which I am confident will prove my innocence.
Back in 2017 actor Anthony Rapp accused Kevin Spacey of making advances to him when he was 14 years old. Since then, a number of additional charges have surfaced that have Spacey fighting in civil and criminal courts. All criminal complaints prior to this UK case have been dropped for various reasons. Anthony Rapp’s civil lawsuit against Spacey is still ongoing.
Few details are known about the specific charges against him at this stage. We don’t know who the men are or what the specific circumstances surrounding the alleged assaults were, beyond the fact that one of the charges is of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent”. .
The allegations had an immediate impact on Kevin Spacey’s career which continues to this day. by Netflix Card castle fired Spacey from the show, although it went on for a final season with Robin Wright in the lead. His upcoming movie, All the money in the worldby director Ridley Scott, saw all Spacey scenes redone with actor Christopher Plummer reprise the role of Spacey.
Kevin Spacey has largely stayed out of the spotlight in recent years, except for the very occasional strange YouTube video where Spacey plays a version of his Card castle character. Spacey has now started working in film again. Peter Five Eight is the new film that recently toured Cannes. He also has two other films in production. Previously, Spacey had completed a biopic on Gore Vidalwhich was never published.