Overview
- A judge provisionally scheduled the High Court trial for 12 October 2026 and set a three‑week listing.
- Procedural questions remain unresolved as the plaintiffs seek a joint trial and Spacey’s lawyer argues to split at least one case to the County Court.
- The claims, brought by three men, allege assaults between 2000 and 2013, with two linked to Spacey’s tenure at the Old Vic.
- Spacey denies the allegations, has filed defences in two cases, and has not yet submitted his response in the third.
- One claimant, actor Ruari Cannon, waived anonymity and also sued the Old Vic, and two claimants previously appeared in the criminal case that ended in Spacey’s 2023 acquittal.