Kevin Spacey termed a 'sexual bully' in UK court trial

Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey has been termed as a 'sexual bully' who 'delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable', by a British prosecutor on Friday during a court proceeding. Speaking at Southwark Crown Court, the prosecutor, Christine Agnew, outlined her case against the actor who is on trial in London facing multiple charges of sexual assault.

Agnew alleged that the actor’s “preferred method” of assault was to “aggressively grab other men in the crotch.” On one occasion, the prosecutor stated that Spacey had performed oral sex on a man while he was asleep.

The actor “abused the power and influenced that his reputation and fame afforded him” to take “who he wanted, when he wanted,” Agnew told the court.

Spacey has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The actor faces 12 charges related to incidents that the prosecution says involved four men and occurred between 2001 and 2013. Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre in London for a greater part of that time.

The complainants include an aspiring actor and a man Spacey met at a work event. Under British law, it is illegal to identify complainants in sexual assault cases or to publish information that may cause them to be identified.

Spacey’s legal representative gave a short statement stressing his client’s innocence. He said the jury would hear some half-truths, some “deliberate exaggerations” and “many damned lies".

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He also asked the jury to consider the complainants’ motivations, and to think about whether the encounters could have been "believed to be consensual at the time."

Agnew’s statement outlined each of the complainants’ specific accusations. She said that three accusers told the police that Spacey had grabbed their crotches, and one said Spacey had repeatedly placed the man’s hands onto his own crotch.

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