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Charges dropped against actor Kevin Spacey in groping case
https://www.wptv.com/news/national/charges-dropped-against-actor-kevin-spacey-in-groping-case
BOSTON (AP) Prosecutors have dropped a case accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a Massachusetts resort island bar in 2016.
The Cape and Islands district attorney said Wednesday that they dropped the indecent assault and battery case brought against the actor last year.
Spacey was accused of getting an 18-year-old man drunk and then groping him at a Nantucket restaurant and bar where the teen worked as a busboy.
Spacey denied the allegations.
The case was hobbled after Spacey's accuser invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify about text messages the defense claims were deleted.
The accuser had been ordered to testify about a cellphone he used the night of the alleged assault. He was supposed to turn it over to the defense but said it was missing.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/05/kevin-spacey-groping-lawsuit-dropped-by-accuser.html
Key Points
A young man who said Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket, Massachusetts, bar in 2016 dismisses his civil lawsuit against the Academy Award-winning actor. He still faces criminal charges connected to the case.
The suit is dismissed with prejudice, meaning Spaceys accuser cannot refile the case later.
The accuser is the son of Heather Unruh, a Boston TV anchor. According to Unruh, Spacey allegedly got the man drunk and sexually assaulted him at the Club Car restaurant where he worked.
hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)Initech
(100,108 posts)That last season... good lord.
hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)willing to forgive as much as I could for having to make up for Frank being gone.......but yeah, it was a HUGE disappointment. Frank was an awesome character, they shoulda tried harder.
hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)miscarriage of justice or a just outcome--I really don't, but I thought it would get more interest, frankly.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)I can not imagine that the DA will go forward with it...they had zero evidence, and a victim who pleads the fifth? They have Heather Unruh. wonder if Spacey is going to sue them?
hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)wherein he is facing any other criminal charges.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)confused me. That was fast! I think he still faces something in London?
hlthe2b
(102,429 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The London case involves him allegedly abusing subordinates when he was a theatre director there.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)He has way more money than Spacey to buy the best lawyers. So did Kraft.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The Florida case against Kraft was crippled by errors that were made during the surveillance.
If the SDNY did it's homework, Epstein will go to jail. The question is whether powerful men that participated in pedophelia with him will face justice.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)the highly paid legal team can be the dog that ate the homework.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Is that when you tell them you're giving them O'Douls but it's really Stout IPA? Or tell 'em it's cranberry juice when it's actually spiked with Vodka?
I wonder what the remaining criminal charges are? Sounds from the story as though the phone is considered important evidence in that one as well (i.e. it's not just about Spacey providing alcohol to someone under 21).
I do kinda wonder why the court would consider it incumbent on the boy to provide his phone ... shouldn't Spacey have to provide some kind of evidence that there were exonerating texts on them, rather than just 'saying there is' and then the kid has to come up with them? That seems ... backwards.
Maybe Spacey did come up with something to prove it (or at least suggest it) though already, hard to know.
I hope he's not guilty just cause I like Spacey, I gotta admit.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Apparently it can be put in any liquid and causes the response of drunkeness and loss of control. So a person can drink a glass of water and get "drunk" if they don't ask for a capped bottle instead.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)but somehow wound up intoxicated, seems like he must've been drugged!?!', rather than using the phrase 'got him drunk' ... if that were the case?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,226 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 18, 2019, 07:12 PM - Edit history (1)
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)"Hey, Bill, man, it's really not my fault ... Ronnie got me drunk!"
He'd tell you to 'STFU, nobody can get you drunk. What did he do, tie you down and waterboard you with Whiskey?'
Are you beginning to understand the point I'm making, or do I need to explain further?
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)He was guilty in the court of public opinion. So now what?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)His career was shot, but recently he has both acted and directed.
Spacey still has cases that can be brought against him.
If he clears all the cases that may be brought, my guess is him being Kevin Spacey would be rehabilitation enough. The guy was probably one of the top living actors, on par with Pacino, Denzel Washington and DiNiro.
kskiska
(27,048 posts)NEVER MIND.
madville
(7,412 posts)The prosecution got hung out to dry by the accuser and his parents who are obviously hiding some details that would cast doubt on their claims against Spacey.
I don't doubt he was drunkenly partying with a younger man, the entire question is whether the advances were welcome or not.
Once the accuser dropped his civil case and then pleaded the fifth in the criminal proceedings it was over.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If prosecutors had moved forward, they would have lost badly, IMO.
peacefreak2.0
(1,023 posts)but I believe Scotland Yard is investigating also.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)conduct.
brooklynite
(94,803 posts)...Season 4 was all a dream.
RockRaven
(15,040 posts)the only accusation against him. Don't get out over your skis reacting to this story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey#Sexual_misconduct_allegations
More than fifteen accusers in the US, eight from House of Cards.
More than twenty in the UK, at least 6 of which were reported to police.
One accuser was 14 at the time of the alleged incident, an incident which Spacey then publicly claimed he didn't remember but apologized for.
Co-star on The Usual Suspects says production was shut down for 2 days after he made unwanted advances to a young actor.
Look, I get it, I liked Kevin Spacey as an actor before I knew any of this too. But the charges being dropped and the lawsuit being dismissed with prejudice in this case do not make Spacey a non-creep. Look at the entire picture.