Kevin Spacey will be back in court in 2026 to address civil claims from three men alleging sexual assault.
The three individuals have filed lawsuits against the 66-year-old actor, accusing him of assaulting them between 2000 and 2013.
According to Sky News, the High Court in London is scheduled to hear the case over a span of three weeks next October.
Spacey has consistently denied these allegations, already formally contesting two of the claims, though he has not yet responded to the third.
Ruari Cannon, one of the accusers who has chosen to go public, claims he was groped by Spacey at an afterparty at London’s Old Vic theatre in 2013, as revealed in the documentary Spacey Unmasked.
Spacey has strongly refuted Cannon’s allegations, calling them ‘ridiculous’ and asserting that ‘it never happened.’
Another accuser, referred to as LNP, alleges multiple assaults by Spacey between 2000 and 2005.
The third claimant, identified in court documents as GHI, asserts he was assaulted in 2008 at the Old Vic theatre, where Spacey was the artistic director until 2015.
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Spacey’s lawyer, William McCormick KC, has suggested that the case involving LNP should be heard separately.
In a written argument to the High Court, he stated: “On a rational basis, the only common feature is Kevin Spacey. The fact that he met, or in the case of Cannon, is said to have met, each claimant in the context of his work at the Old Vic takes matters no further.”
“The circumstances of the alleged assaults are markedly different and occur many years apart.”
These new allegations pose a significant challenge for the American Beauty star, as he attempts to rebuild his career following his acquittal on nine sexual assault charges earlier in 2023.
Following his acquittal, Spacey expressed gratitude: “I imagine that many of you can understand that there is a lot for me to process after what has happened today but I would like to say that I’m enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all of the evidence and all of the facts carefully before they reached their decision and I am humbled by the outcome today,” he said in a statement outside the court.
Earlier this month, Spacey attempted to make a comeback with a performance in Cyprus at the Parklane Luxury Collection Resort, following his admission of being ‘homeless.’
In an interview with The Telegraph, he shared: “The costs over these last seven years have been astronomical. I’ve had very little coming in and everything going out.”
“You get through it. In weird ways, I feel I’m back to where I first started, which is I just went where the work was. Everything is in storage, and I hope at some point, if things continue to improve, that I’ll be able to decide where I want to settle down again.
“I’m living in hotels, I’m living in Airbnbs, I’m going where the work is. I literally have no home, that’s what I’m attempting to explain.”
After receiving support from fans, including offers of accommodation, Spacey later clarified that he was not homeless in the conventional sense.
In an Instagram video shared on November 23, Spacey said: “Thousands of people have reached out over the past few days offering me a place to stay or have just asked if I’m okay. And to all of you, I am truly touched by your generosity full stop.”
He continued: “I feel it would be disingenuous to allow you to believe I am indeed homeless in the colloquial sense.
“I said I was basically living in hotels and Airbnbs and going where the work is, just as I did when I first started out in this business.
“I’ve been working nearly nonstop this entire year and, for that, I have so much to be grateful for.”
Spacey also expressed empathy for those genuinely ‘living on the streets or in their cars’.