Kevin Spacey instructed a British jury on Friday that among the sexual assault accusations in opposition to him had been “pure fantasy” and “absolute bollocks.”
On trial in a London courtroom, Mr. Spacey fired again at a number of questions that Christine Agnew, the prosecutor, put to him.
At one level, Mr. Spacey stated, “You’re just making stuff up now,” and at one other, he known as the prosecution’s case “weak.” On a number of events, Justice Mark Wall, the presiding decide, interrupted to ask Mr. Spacey to reply the prosecutor instantly.
Mr. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not responsible to 12 fees regarding incidents that the prosecution says concerned 4 males and occurred from 2001 to 2013. For most of that point, the Oscar- and Tony Award-winning actor was the inventive director of the Old Vic theater in London.
Sitting on the entrance of the courtroom, Mr. Spacey — carrying a blue swimsuit and patterned tie — was cross-examined for practically three hours, the day after giving his personal account.
At one level, Ms. Agnew requested Mr. Spacey if he agreed that he was “the golden boy of the London theater scene” on the time of the alleged encounters, and whether or not his accusers would have been unlikely to report him due to his popularity.
Mr. Spacey stated that he used his place “to help others, to create art” and to revive the popularity of the Old Vic theater. “I didn’t have a power wand that I waved in front of people’s faces whenever I wanted someone to go to bed with me,” Mr. Spacey added.
Opening the case final month, Ms. Agnew, the prosecutor, stated that Mr. Spacey was “a sexual bully” whose “preferred method” of assault was to “aggressively grab other men in the crotch.”
In the times after Ms. Agnew’s opening remarks, the jury heard from the 4 nameless complainants who detailed their encounters with the actor. Some complainants stated that Mr. Spacey grabbed them. Under British legislation, it’s unlawful for anybody to establish complainants in sexual assault circumstances, or to publish info which will trigger them to be recognized.
On Friday, Mr. Spacey stated that he didn’t have a “trademark” transfer or grope folks. “I know myself,” the actor stated.
Ms. Agnew requested Mr. Spacey about an encounter with one complainant, who instructed the British police that, throughout a celebration, Mr. Spacey hugged him, kissed him twice on the neck, stated, “Be cool,” after which grabbed his crotch. Mr. Spacey identified that touching the person’s crotch was not his first motion.
“I am accepting that I got the signals wrong,” Mr. Spacey added of that encounter.
During the morning session, Mr. Spacey was additionally requested about his encounters with the opposite complainants. He stated that he didn’t clearly keep in mind all the occasions however that he had a “naughty relationship” with one complainant, and consensual oral intercourse with one other.
Mr. Spacey turned most animated when requested about accusations that he assaulted a person on the day of a charity gala. The actor stated he didn’t settle for “a single word” of that complainant’s testimony. Mr. Spacey stated that complainant could also be motivated by “money, money and then money” to talk out in opposition to him.
After Mr. Spacey’s cross-examination, the courtroom broke for lunch. The protection is now anticipated to spend a number of days calling witnesses in assist of Mr. Spacey’s case.
Source: www.nytimes.com