Kevin Spacey Faces Three New Sexual Assault Allegations, In London

Former House of Cards actor and multiple-award winner Kevin Spacey, 58 is facing new sexual assault allegations. The Metropolitan Police of London are investigating three more claims of sexual assault against Kevin Spacey, according to the BBC.

Two of the latest allegations are said to have occurred in London - Westminster (1996) and Lambeth (2008) - and the third in Gloucester (2013). The police have not confirmed the name of the person who came forward with these allegations. This brings the number of claims against Spacey being investigated by London police to six - five complaints of sexual assault and one of assault.

With this latest spate of probable charges, Spacey an Oscar-winning actor, has faced sexual assault accusations from more than 30 men. So far, however, no criminal charges have been filed against Spacey anywhere.

The first allegation came from the actor Anthony Rapp in November 2017 during the #MeToo movement who said Spacey had made sexual advances at him in 1986 when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Spacey claimed to have no memory of the events, but publicly apologised. He has since issued an "absolute" denial of the other allegations that have since emerged.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Australian actor Guy Pearce, who appeared with Spacey in the 1997 film "L.A. Confidential" (which garnered two Oscars), stunned a live Australian audience when he obliquely suggested that Spacey had groped him during filming. "Amazing actor. Incredible actor. Mmm, slightly difficult time with Kevin, yeah. He's a handsy guy." Pearce added, "Thankfully I was 29 and not 14," as the audience gasped.

Since the sexual assault revelations, Spacey has been fired from Netflix's "House of Cards," his Gore Vidal biopic was canceled, he was cut out of  "All the Money in the World" was and replaced by Christopher Plummer (who subsequently won an Oscar nomination), and the academy that awards the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences reversed its decision to honor him with an International Emmy Founders Award.

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