More Spacey allegations

– The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a 1992 sexual assault accusation against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement the alleged incident involved an adult male.

The sheriff’s department said it began investigating the matter on December 11 last year and presented its results to the district attorney last week, five months after Spacey was fired from Netflix political drama House of Cards over sexual misconduct accusations.

“A case was presented on April 5 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,” Los Angeles District Attorney spokesperson Greg Risling said in an e-mail. “It’s under review.”

A spokesperson for the actor, Laura Johnson, declined to comment.

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The nature and origin of the sexual assault accusation was not disclosed. It was unclear if California’s statute of limitations on prosecuting criminal sexual assault, which is normally 10 years, would apply.

More than 30 men have said they were victims of unwanted sexual advances by Spacey, one of the most prominent Hollywood figures to be publicly accused of sexual misconduct since accusations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein sparked the #MeToo movement on social media.

Spacey, 58, became embroiled in controversy last year when actor Anthony Rapp accused him of trying to seduce him in 1986 when Rapp was 14.

Spacey later apologised for any inappropriate conduct while denying any specific memory of the behaviour in question. – Reuters