Actor Kevin Spacey has been brought before a London court for hearing, ahead of a trial where he is facing several new sex offence charges.
The actor attended the hearing via video link from the Middle East and is accused of seven sexual offences against a man in the early 2000s.
He is also being charged with assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
He has previously denied five allegations relating to three other men.
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Court papers reveal that the allegations include sexual touching, touching over clothing, and forcing the complainant’s hand against his privates over his clothing.
The actor was expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court from the US but his “travel plans had changed”, his barrister Patrick Gibbs KC, defending, claimed.
Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring, therefore, granted the application for him to appear by video link.
The seven charges against him include three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent between 2001 and 2004.
