Spacey charged with further sex attacks

KEVIN SPACEY is facing seven new charges of sex attacks on one man, the Crown Prosecution service (CPS) says.

The 63-year-old Oscarwinning actor is alleged to have committed the offences between 2001 and 2004.

Spacey was previously charged with four counts of sexual assault and one of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

In July, he appeared at the Old Bailey to deny the five charges, which relate to three men and date back to 2005 and 2013. The men are now in their 30s and 40s.

He has now been further charged with six counts of sexual assault or indecent assault and one of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

The CPS confirmed the new charges relate to a single new complainant. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division, said the CPS had authorised the additional charges following “a review of evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police”.

Spacey had been served with a postal charge and would be required to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Dec 16, a spokesman for the CPS said.

He is currently on bail on the five earlier charges. At the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Wall set a trial date of June 6.

Spacey, a two-time Academy Award winner, is known for starring in