New York Daily News

Cops probe new Spacey allegation­s

- BY NANCY DILLON

A sexual battery case against Kevin Spacey turned over to Los Angeles prosecutor­s this week involves an alleged assault of a man in Malibu two years ago, police said Friday.

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department detectives began the probe May 22, a spokeswoma­n told The News.

It centers on “allegation­s of a sexual assault involving Mr. Kevin Spacey,” spokeswoma­n Nicole Nishida said.

“The events were reported to have taken place in October 2016,” she said. “Location is the city of Malibu, and the victim was a male adult.”

As The News previously reported, the case was submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney on Tuesday.

The district attorney’s office previously said it was reviewing a separate case involving Spacey (inset) presented in early April.

That case involves an unidentifi­ed man who accused the Oscar-winning actor of assaulting him in West Hollywood in October 1992.

Spacey, 59, has been the subject of multiple sexual misconduct allegation­s since his first accuser, former “Star Trek” actor Anthony Rapp, stepped forward in October.

Rapp claimed he was 14 years old when Spacey invited him to a party at his apartment, climbed on top of him in a bed and made unwanted sexual advances. Spacey was in his mid 20s at the time.

Spacey released a statement after Rapp went public, saying he was “horrified” by the accusation­s and had no memory of the incident.

More accusers came forward in a CNN report that claimed Spacey turned the “House of Cards” set into a “toxic” environmen­t by routinely touching people without their consent and making inappropri­ate comments.

Spacey was fired from the Netflix series less than a week after the first wave of allegation­s emerged.

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