Overview
- Three men have brought civil claims alleging sexual assaults linked to Spacey’s Old Vic tenure, with incidents said to span from 2000 to 2015.
- Mrs Justice Lambert provisionally allocated a three‑week window in October 2026 and kept the cases in the High Court for coordinated case management.
- Spacey denies wrongdoing, has filed formal defenses to two claims, and has not yet submitted a defense in the third filed in September.
- Claimants seek a single combined trial, led by Elizabeth‑Anne Gumbel KC, while Spacey’s counsel William McCormick KC argues for separate proceedings and wants one claim heard in the county court.
- Ruari Cannon has waived anonymity and is also suing the Old Vic, while the other two claimants remain anonymized; allegations include a dozen incidents between 2000 and 2005 and claimed psychiatric and financial harm from an alleged 2008 assault, set against Spacey’s 2023 criminal acquittal in London and earlier U.S. civil outcomes.