London jury finds Kevin Spacey not guilty on 9 counts of sexual offenses

 

A London jury has found Kevin Spacey not guilty of 9 counts of sexual offenses. The accusers who brought up the case claimed the actor sexually assaulted and made unwanted sexual advances against them. According to reports during the trial, Spacey said, "he was a “big flirt” who had consensual flings with men and whose only misstep was touching a man’s groin while making a “clumsy pass.” Ew. Ew. Ew.

During the trial, Elton John and his husband David Furnish testified as witnesses on Spacey's behalf. One of the accusers claimed Spacey sexually assaulted him right before a party hosted Elton John. 

In a report by the Huffington Post, Prosecutor Christine Agnew told jurors that Spacey was a “sexual bully” who took what he wanted when he wanted. She said he was shielded by a “trinity of protection”: he knew men were unlikely to complain; they wouldn’t be believed if they did complain; and if they did complain, no action would be taken because he was powerful."

In the same Huffington Post report, Spacey's defense attorney said, "three of the men were liars and incidents had been “reimagined with a sinister spin.” The defense attorney accused most of them of hopping on a “bandwagon” of complaints in the hope of striking it rich.

The incidents against Spacey occurred between 2001-2013 when he was the Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theater in London.  

This acquittal of Spacey follows another acquittal last year when a New York jury cleared him of a $40 million lawsuit filed by actor Anthony Rapp for an incident that happened 30 years earlier. In that lawsuit, Anthony claimed that when he was 14 years old he was molested by Spacey who was 26.

Now if you will excuse me, I have to take a decontamination shower cause this mess has left me feeling gross.

Source: Huffington Post.  Photo: BBC News