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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:02 PM Jul 2019

Man who says Kevin Spacey groped him asserts Fifth Amendment right

Source: PBS Newshour

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The man who accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a Massachusetts resort island bar in 2016 asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify after being questioned by the actor’s lawyer about text messages the defense claims were deleted.

The man’s refusal to testify caused the judge to question the viability of the case against the two-time Oscar winner.

The man was ordered to testify after he failed to turn over the phone he used that night to the defense and then said it was lost. Spacey’s lawyers say the man deleted messages from his phone that would support Spacey’s claims of innocence and then provided investigators with manipulated screenshots of conversations from that night.

Spacey’s lawyer urged the judge to dismiss the case, calling it “completely compromised.”

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/man-who-says-kevin-spacey-groped-him-asserts-fifth-amendment-right

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Man who says Kevin Spacey groped him asserts Fifth Amendment right (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2019 OP
Sounds like an opportunist inventing reality to frame someone bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #1
Looks like Spacey gets handsy when he drinks too much. LuvNewcastle Jul 2019 #2
How do you know he gets handsy when he drinks too much? Perseus Jul 2019 #3
I'm reading between the lines in stories I've read about LuvNewcastle Jul 2019 #5
Too late for him to be worried about self-incrimination rocktivity Jul 2019 #4

LuvNewcastle

(16,847 posts)
2. Looks like Spacey gets handsy when he drinks too much.
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:22 PM
Jul 2019

He's probably fine when he isn't drinking. Hopefully he's learned a lesson from all of this.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
3. How do you know he gets handsy when he drinks too much?
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:20 PM
Jul 2019

Where did you read that, or do you know him?

Has anyone else said anything about him doing that?

By the way, I am not trying to defend him, I don't know him, I am just curious.

LuvNewcastle

(16,847 posts)
5. I'm reading between the lines in stories I've read about
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:42 PM
Jul 2019

people accusing him of groping. This isn't the only case. If I remember correctly, they had one thing in common. They all happened in bars or parties where alcohol was served. I've never heard about him acting up, pardon the pun, in other situations, so I'm making an inference that he was drinking when he did these things, if he in fact did them.

I've known plenty of people who were polite when sober, but who liked to grab ass when they get drunk. It's not the end of the world. I'm not judging anybody, I'm just giving my opinion about what this is really about. I think it's likely that his underlying problem is with alcohol, not that he's a sex-crazed maniac. Of course, I could have the wrong impression about it and could be totally wrong. But that's how this feels to me.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
4. Too late for him to be worried about self-incrimination
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:25 PM
Jul 2019

Since he lied about being of legal drinking age.


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