Kevin Spacey, Facing Trial in London, Says He’ll Be Back to Act
Kevin Spacey, who will go on trial on sexual assault charges in London this month, told a German newsmagazine that he expects to be acquitted and plans to return to acting “the moment” that happens.
“I know that there are people right now who are ready to hire me the moment I am cleared of these charges in London,’’ Mr. Spacey said in a recent interview with Zeit Magazin. “The second that happens, they’re ready to move forward.”
Mr. Spacey, 63, a two-time Oscar winner, has seen his acting career collapse since he was first accused of sexual assault in 2017, as the #MeToo movement was growing. In the first public accusation, Anthony Rapp, an actor, said in an interview with BuzzFeed News that Mr. Spacey had made a sexual advance toward him when he was 14. In a civil suit filed by Rapp, a federal jury in Manhattan found in October of last year that Mr. Spacey was not liable for battery in that case.
As other allegations against Mr. Spacey surfaced — including more than a dozen accusations of sexual misconduct — Netflix eliminated Mr. Spacey from the popular series he was starring in, “House of Cards,” and he was dropped by his talent agency and publicist and scrubbed out of the Ridley Scott film “All the Money in the World.” He retreated from public life, and a representative said he would seek “evaluation and treatment.”
Source: The New York Times
