In brief
Kevin Spacey has agreed to settle out of court with three men who had filed civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault between 2000 and 2013. The settlements come just before the scheduled trial at the High Court. Spacey, who has denied all wrongdoing and was cleared of sexual offense charges in a 2023 criminal trial, faced serious allegations, including assault claims from two men related to incidents at London's Old Vic theatre.
Kevin Spacey has agreed an out-of-court settlement with three men who had sued the actor after accusing him of sexual assault.
The civil cases had been due to go to trial at the High Court later this year, but those proceedings have now been frozen following the settlement.
The men alleged that Spacey assaulted them between 2000 and 2013.
The Oscar winner, 66, denies all allegations of wrongdoing. He was separately cleared of nine sexual offence charges at a criminal trial in 2023.
Two of the men who accused the Oscar-winning star during the criminal trial also filed civil legal cases at the High Court.
One man, known only as LNP, alleged that Spacey deliberately assaulted him on about 12 occasions between 2000 and 2005.
Another, referred to as GHI, claims he met Spacey through a workshop at London's Old Vic theatre and alleges that he suffered psychiatric damage and financial loss as a result of an assault in 2008.
Spacey was artistic director of the Old Vic between 2004 and 2013.
The third man, Ruari Cannon, has waived his right to anonymity. He alleged that Spacey groped him at a party after the press night of Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic in 2013.
Cannon took part in a Channel 4 documentary, Spacey Unmasked, in 2024, and he stated that the allegations were ridiculous and it never happened.
No details of the settlements between Spacey and his accusers have been revealed.
