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Kevin Spaceyis facing a lawsuit for alleged sexual assault
A man who accused Spacey, 59, of groping him at a resort bar in 2016 filed a civil lawsuit against the actor on Wednesday, according to theAssociated Press.
The lawsuit reportedly seeks unspecified damages for “severe and permanent mental distress and emotional injuries,” according to the AP. The cost will be left to a jury to decide, theBoston Heraldreports.
Spacey’s attorney did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Along with this new civil suit, Spacey has been charged withfelony sexual assaultin relation to the accusation. The formerHouse of Cardsstarpleaded not guiltyto the charge of indecent assault and battery in January. He faces up to 2.5 years in jail if convicted.
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The accuser said Spacey’s alleged touching went on for about three minutes and that he tried to move away and moved Spacey’s hands away, to no avail, according to the reports. He said that he fled when Spacey went to the bathroom.
During a court appearance last month, Spacey’s lawyer, Alan Jackson, accused prosecutors of lying about being in possession of the defendant’s cell phone.
He also claimed that the defendant’s mother deleted exculpatory information from her son’s phone before handing it over to prosecutors, telling investigations “that she had gone through the phone to remove anything related to what she described as [her son’s] ‘frat boy activities.’”
He alleged that the evidence given to police included selective screenshots of longer conversations that “specifically had information missing.”
source: people.com
