14 July 2023 , 15:08
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Kevin Spacey has told a court that he did not hold a "power wand" in front of people in order to get them into his bed.
The actor is currently appearing at Southwark Crown Court following accusations of three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. He has also denied four charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
But in his latest appearance, he slammed the prosecution, claiming the case was "weak" and then claimed one of his accusers was after "money, money and then money."
Spacey, 63, told the court that he could have had sex "all the time" but struggled to trust people due to his fame. He also went on to object to the term "crotch grab" which his alleged victims had claimed was a "trademark" move for the American actor.
Following the accusation by an alleged victim he is said to have met on the West End in the mid-2000's, Spacey claimed it was "absolute b******s", as prosecutor Christine Agnew KC quipped back: "Because that's exactly where you did grab him, isn't it?"
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Spacey went on to question the judge and asked: "Did he accuse me of grabbing his b******s?" After being asked by the judge to answer the question, the defendant eventually said: "I did not."
Kevin Spacey has denied claims he is a "sexual bully" (Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX/Shutterstock)Kevin denies sex offences concerning four men, including sexual assault and indecent assault, which are alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013. Agnew went on to say claim that Spacey was not a "big flirt" which he had described himself in evidence on Thursday, but a "big sexual bully", to which the actor responded: "Yes, that's your term." She went on to ask whether Spacey believed that he wa a powerful man, and he responded: "I did not have a power wand that I waved in front of people's faces whenever I wanted someone to go to bed with me."
As he began giving evidence, he was asked whether a "crotch grab" was something he had done before that had worked, and that he considered it a "trademark", to which he replied: "No. Let me put it this way, it is the term 'grabbing a crotch' or 'groping a crotch', that I object to."
Kevin responded to allegations that he "drugged" an aspiring actor before performing a sexual act on him, saying: "We were in a romantic situation. I don't know who made the first move, but we were consensually together in a romantic situation.
He did not fall asleep and I did not perform (a sex act) on him while he was asleep, despite what he has shockingly accused me of."
When prompted that the complainant may have been asleep, Spacey claimed it was a "theory", before adding: "And it's a weak one." Kevin went on to say he had "definitely misread" signs from a man who is said to have rejected an alleged sexual grab in the 2010s.
He said the complainant who drove him to a lavish showbiz party in the early 2000s made allegations against him because he was "terribly ribbed and embarrassed" about choosing to engage sexually with the actor. Agnew asked Spacey: "Do you think that you might have misinterpreted what they were doing or saying?"
The actor replied: "If they went further than they wanted… they did not let me know that," before adding: "it seems that they regretted what they did at a later time".
When asked whether he believed people had been tempted by his advances due to his fame, Spacey responded: "I hope they liked me because they liked me, not because of who I am. I was a very fortunate actor who got some very remarkable film roles," before adding "of course", he felt lonely.
Asked if he found a "thrill" out of taking "sexual risks" such as one-night stands, Spacey responded by saying he was "open" about the times he had been "promiscuous". "It doesn't make me a bad person," the actor added.
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Agnew then asked Spacey: "Have you found that due to your status and position, people normally did what you wanted them to do?"
"No," he replied. Agnew went on: "You didn't find it easier to pick up people because of who you are?" Spacey responded: "I found it harder to trust people because of who I was."
After the prosecutor asked the same question again, the actor responded: "I am sure if I wanted to I could have had sex all the time, but I didn't."
The trial continues.