Kevin Spacey Settles UK Assault Civil Lawsuits

Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has reached a confidential settlement with three British men who accused him of sexual assault in civil lawsuits filed at London's High Court, averting a trial scheduled for October. The agreement, detailed in a court order dated March 13 and made public this week, stays all further proceedings in the cases, which stemmed from alleged incidents between 2000 and 2013.

The men claimed Spacey assaulted them during that period, with two of the claimants having previously testified as witnesses in Spacey's 2023 criminal trial in London. In that earlier case, the 66-year-old actor faced nine charges of sexual assault involving four men and was acquitted on all counts by a jury. Spacey has consistently denied the allegations, stating that the incidents either did not occur or were consensual. Representatives for Spacey and the claimants' lawyers declined to comment on the settlement.

One of the claimants, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and alleged that Spacey groped him at a party in 2013 while Cannon was performing in a play at London's Old Vic Theatre, where Spacey served as artistic director from 2004 to 2015. Cannon detailed his...