Kevin Spacey today pleaded " not guilty " to the charges of sexual abuse alleged against him in recent weeks by British justice.
His words in a preliminary hearing before the London court judge Old Bailey and in relation to the case involving him in the United Kingdom.
The 62-year-old American actor is accused by three men , whose names have not been disclosed, in relation to several episodes that took place starting 17 years ago.
The facts allegedly took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008 and in Gloucestershire in April 2013, when Spacey was artistic director of the Old Vic theater in London.
The accusations , started from the wave of the #MeToo movement, were devastating for the actor, who was ousted from "House of Cards" complete with a millionaire outlay after a legal battle with the producers for violating the rules of conduct, and then from "All the Money in the World" where Christopher Plummer was called to replace him in the part of the oilman JP Getty.
Spacey was also accused of sexual harassment in the US , but the legal proceedings ended up on a dead end.
The judge then closed the hearing by scheduling the trial against Spacey starting June 6 next year .
(Unioneonline / vl)
