Now three more men accuse Spacey of preying on them
KEVIN Spacey faced yet more accusations of preying on young men and teenagers yesterday as three more alleged victims made claims of grooming and sexual harassment.
Bar worker Daniel Beal said the actor, 58, had once tried to groom him aged 19, when he was employed at the Goodwood Park Hotel in West Sussex in 2010.
He alleged he was offered a £5,000 watch to keep quiet after the two-time Oscar winner flashed him and tried to make him touch his genitals.
Mr Beal said: ‘Looking back, he was trying to manipulate me from the moment he walked into the bar. In hindsight, that must have been grooming.’
A second alleged victim said he woke up on a sofa with Spacey lying on top of him in his underwear fol- lowing a weekend spent at the star’s New York home in 1986.
The unnamed man, who was aged 17 at the time, said: ‘I was uncomfortable at best, traumatised at worst. He was either very stupid or predatory – or maybe a little of both.’
And Roberto Cavazos, a former actor at the Old Vic theatre, predicted there would be more accusations to come – in similar numbers to Harvey Weinstein.
The Mexican actor, 35, said that he had fended off two ‘unpleasant’ advances made by the star in 2008 which ‘bordered on harassment’. Spacey was artistic director of the theatre for 11 years from 2004.
Writing on Facebook, he said: ‘It seems the only requirement was to be a male under the age of 30 for Mr Spacey to feel free to touch us.
‘Those of us who crossed paths with [Spacey] in London... know a whole lot more people will find the courage to tell their stories in the coming days and weeks. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were similar numbers to Weinstein’s.’
Earlier this week, the Old Vic said it was ‘deeply dismayed’ by the allegations and has set up a confidential complaints process.