Kevin Spacey is set to face three more sexual assault claims in a London civil court next year.
According to BBC News, three men have filed a lawsuit against the actor, alleging that he assaulted them between 2000 and 2013. A hearing at London’s High Court on Wednesday suggested a preliminary trial date of October 12, 2026, but it has not yet been determined whether the appeal will be heard in one civil court or three consecutive civil courts.
Spacey, who was acquitted of sexual assault charges brought against him by four men in a British criminal trial in 2023, denies all charges. BBC News reported that Spacey has formally denied two of the three civil claims in court, but has not yet filed a defense for the third. Spacey’s representatives did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment about the new civil trial.
One of the men who sued Spacey in civil court had also filed suit in 2022, but the case was put on hold while the criminal trial progressed. The man, who was granted anonymity by the court, claims he has “suffered psychological harm and other financial losses” as a result of the alleged sexual assault, which occurred in August 2008.
Another man, Luari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity to claim Spacey groped him at a 2013 party where he was performing in a play at the Old Vic, where Spacey was artistic director. Cannon appeared on the Channel 4 documentary series Spacey Unmasked last year, to which he responded: “I have been given the time and appropriate forum to defend myself, but each time the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been acquitted.”
Spacey was also sued in New York civil court in 2022 by actor Anthony Rapp for sexual assault, but a jury found him not liable.
