Prosecutors have dropped sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey: Sexual Assault Case Against Former #HouseOfCards Star Dropped https://t.co/GOLN4KENui pic.twitter.com/VGIw9Eg4zy
- TVLine.com (@TVLine) July 17, 2019
Kevin Spacey had been charged with indecent assault and battery for allegedly groping an 18-year-old man in 2016.
Prosecutors said the case would not proceed “due to the unavailability of the complaining witness.”
Spacey’s accuser appeared in court earlier this month but invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about deleting messages from his phone that might have indicated he consented to Spacey’s actions.
The accuser’s family also dropped a civil case against the actor, citing the “emotional roller coaster” they’ve been on, and that there was no settlement.
In October 2017, Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp went public with an accusation that Spacey had made an inappropriate advance at him when he was 14
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