Kevin Spacey has hit again on the man who accused him of grabbing his crotch “like a cobra,” by saying he has “made up his entire story from beginning to end,” whereas acknowledging he “definitely misread signs” from a special complainant.
Taking to the witness stand for the second day of his protection, Spacey was questioned by the lawyer for the prosecution, Christina Agnew KC, who first requested the two-time Oscar winner whether or not the “crotch grab” was one thing that he would “normally do to someone you had met for the first time”.
Spacey replied: “No.” Questioned on whether or not it was one thing he had completed earlier than that had labored, and that he thought-about it a “trademark”, Spacey replied: “No.
“Let me put it this way, it is the term ‘grabbing a crotch’ or ‘groping a crotch’ that I object to,” he added.
When Agnew requested Spacey whether or not he thought-about a crotch seize to be an “appropriate” first transfer, the actor replied: “That’s generally not a first move.”
Spacey instructed jurors at Southwark Crown Court this morning that he’s an “affectionate person” and agreed that he would possibly give somebody a hug after making a “first move.”
Questioned on what “moves” could be acceptable, the Hollywood actor stated: “Every encounter that we have now as people, that I’ve had, is exclusive. The circumstance is exclusive, the individual is exclusive, and the way we have now interacted is exclusive.
“I can’t give you a sort of rundown of what always happens, it’s always different.”
Responding to the suggestion that he might need “ignored” indicators from the 4 complainants, Spacey stated he “definitely misread” indicators from one complainant who rejected an alleged sexual seize at an costly property he was staying at within the Cotswolds within the early 2010s.
The actor added that he had “consensual interactions” with two different complainants – one who drove him to a lavish showbiz occasion within the early 2000s and an aspiring actor who claimed Spacey had “drugged” him earlier than waking as much as discover the defendant performing a intercourse act on him.
Referring to the complainant who alleged Spacey grabbed his crotch “like a cobra” after assembly him at a West End theatre within the mid-2000s, the actor stated: “He has made up his entire story from beginning to end.”
Yesterday, questioned by his lawyer, Spacey stated a relationship with one among his alleged victims was “somewhat intimate” however firmly denied varied accusations together with that he drugged the aspiring actor and carried out a intercourse act on him whereas he was asleep, saying that the conduct “makes no logical sense.”
The jury additionally heard earlier this week how Spacey instructed police he was “baffled” and “deeply hurt” by accusations of sexual assault however admitted he may have made a “clumsy pass” at one among his accusers, the court docket heard earlier this week.
In January, Spacey pleaded not responsible to a few counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one depend of inflicting an individual to interact in sexual exercise with out consent. The two-time Academy Award winner additionally beforehand denied 4 additional fees of sexual assault and one depend of inflicting an individual to interact in penetrative sexual exercise with out consent.
He was granted unconditional bail earlier than the trial started. The trial continues.
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