Pecker is a key witness in the case against the former US president, who is accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payment
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago. Spacey, 62, spoke clearly as he denied five charges during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court.
Judge Mark Wall set a date of June 6, 2022 for the trial to start and said it would last three to four weeks.
The former House of Cards star, who ran London’s Old Vic theater between 2004 and 2015, denied four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
The incidents allegedly took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013. The victims are now in their 30s and 40s.
Spacey’s lawyer previously said the actor “strenuously denies” the allegations.
The actor was granted bail and allowed to return to the United States after a preliminary hearing last month.
Spacey won a best supporting actor Academy Award for the 1995 film The Usual Suspects and a lead actor Oscar for the 1999 movie American Beauty.
But his celebrated career came to an abrupt halt in 2017 when actor Anthony Rapp accused the star of assaulting him at a party in the 1980s, when Rapp was a teenager. Spacey denies the allegations.
Pecker is a key witness in the case against the former US president, who is accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payment
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