Actor Kevin Spacey charged with sexual assault

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts. He will appear in court on Jan.7 over the incident, which allegedly occurred in Nantucket in July 2016. This week, Spacey posted a video in which he appeared to deny any wrongdoing while in character as Frank Underwood from House of Cards. “I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn’t do,” he said in the clip. “You wouldn’t believe the worst without evidence, would you?” he said. “You wouldn’t rush to judgements without facts.” The three-minute clip, which is titled “Let Me Be Frank,” marks Spacey’s first public appearance since the first allegation of sexual assault was made against him last November. The alleged victim is the son of former television news presenter Heather Unruh, who spoke publicly about the incident in 2017. She accused Spacey of buying her then 18-year-old son alcohol — the drinking age in Massachusetts is 21 — and then groping him.