A few days after the premiere of a documentary about his case, Kevin Spacey faces new accusations of abuse. A former actor, Ruari Cannonhe told the British newspaper The i that Spacey touched him in a very intimate way in June 2013, when he was 21 years old.
He is one of multiple men who speak out in the documentary, which will air on Channel 4 and Max in the US next week, about Spacey’s inappropriate behaviour. The star of American Beauty denies all the allegations and says he was not given enough time to respond to the allegations made in the Channel 4 doc, titled Spacey Unmasked.
Canon told the newspaper that the alleged incident occurred at The Savoy hotel after the press night for Sweet Bird of Youth. “Spacey gave me a gift and then brought me very close with his right hand and turned me 45 degrees,” he said.
“He put his left hand next to my butt and stuck his middle finger as far up as possible.”, he added. “I was wearing a suit, so he took the recess material and tried to climb through my boxers into me.”
Cannon later says Spacey touched her buttocks and grazed her buttocks with his open hand on two occasions.
Cannon’s is one of several allegations in Spacey’s documentary, including another from someone who says Spacey grabbed his genitals dating back to when Spacey was a teenager. A third young actor says Spacey groped him while on the set of House of Cards.
Kevin Spacey’s response to the new accusations
Yesterday, Spacey promised to respond to the new allegations in a post on provide me with sufficient details to investigate these matters,” Spacey said. “Channel 4 has refused because it believes that asking for a response within 7 days to new, anonymous and non-specific accusations “It is a ‘fair opportunity’ for me to refute any allegations made against me.”
In a statement prior to Spacey’s X post, Channel 4 had said it had asked the actor to respond to allegations from several men, and that “the deadline for that response has passed and no formal statement has been provided.” “.
Spacey Unmasked will air on Monday and is produced by Oscar nominee Mike Lerner and former Channel 4 News boss Dorothy Byrne.
Last year, the House of Cards and American Beauty star He was found not guilty of nine charges at Southwark Crown Court in London, including sexual assaultwhich were allegedly committed between 2001 and 2013 and were related to four men.
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