American actor Kevin Spacey, accused of sexual assault in the UK, has been released after appearing in a London court.
The 62-year-old actor appeared this Thursday before Westminster Magistrates Court in London at a hearing in which Judge Tan Ikram ruled that there was no risk of escape, as Kevin Spacey collaborated with the police and in the investigation. .
At the hearing, the prosecutor, Natalie Dawson, asked the magistrate to order the actor probation, to surrender his passport and sleep in his residence in London until the next hearing, scheduled for July 14, at Southwark Crown Court, in the south. from London.
Taking into account that Kevin Spacey voluntarily appeared before the Court and that he collaborated in the investigation, the magistrate did not impose any precautionary measure.
The American actor was formally charged on June 13 with the sexual assault of three men.
In a statement, the London Metropolitan Police recalled that the case stems from an investigation by the British Crown Prosecutor Service and refers to four instances of sexual assault between 2005 and 2013, as well as another charge for forcing a person to ” penetrative sexual activity without your consent”.
London police have opened an investigation after receiving complaints of sexual assault against the actor, some of which were allegedly committed in the Lambeth area, where the Old Vic theater is located, of which he was artistic director between 2004 and 2015.
Kevin Spacey, 62, was targeted in several cases of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior in 2017, in a controversy that triggered complaints with other entertainment figures and was at the origin of the #MeToo movement.
Until then a respected figure in American cinema and British theater, the two-Oscar-winning actor was fired from the Netflix series “House of Cards” and removed from the film “All the Money in the World” by Ridley Scott. , with all the scenes he entered being re-recorded by Christopher Plummer.