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Kevin Spacey admits he ‘definitely misread’ signs from man who claims he was grabbed at a party
ACTOR Kevin Spacey yesterday conceded he “definitely misread” signs from a man who claims he was grabbed at a party.
The alleged victim says the double-Oscar winner gave him an awkward hug during a party.
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Spacey, 63, told jurors of the 2013 incident at his rented Cotswolds home: “I’d take it as a sign that I misread the signals.
"You try to move on from that. It happens.”
But he insisted he had consensual physical contact with another accuser who claims he was repeatedly grabbed by Spacey while driving for him in the early 2000s.
The star said: “I did not have a power wand that I waved in front of people’s faces whenever I wanted someone to go to bed with me.
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"I respect when people tell me they are not interested."
Spacey denies sex assault charges involving four men when artistic director of London’s Old Vic from 2001-13.
He admitted he was promiscuous at the time, adding: “It doesn’t make me a bad person.”
But he snapped at prosecutor Christine Agnew when she suggested touching someone’s genitals was his “trademark” opening move.
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One accuser, a 23-year-old aspiring actor, claims he was drugged at Spacey’s London flat before waking to find him committing a sex act.
The court has heard the man had a girlfriend and later told a pal: “It’s f***ed me up.” Spacey denied the allegation.
When Miss Agnew suggested the complainant was asleep, the star said: “That’s your theory.”
“Well, that is the prosecution case,” Ms Agnew said. “It’s a weak one,” Spacey responded.
The trial continues at Southwark crown court.
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