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Kevin Spacey Faces Three Civil Sexual-Assault Suits in London, Trial Set for October 2026

The court will first rule on whether to hear the three claims together.

Overview

  • High Court judge Christina Lambert provisionally scheduled proceedings to begin on 12 October 2026 in London.
  • Three men filed civil claims alleging incidents between roughly 2000 and 2013–2015, many linked to Spacey’s tenure at the Old Vic theatre.
  • Actor Ruari Cannon waived anonymity and alleges Spacey groped him at a 2013 party tied to an Old Vic production.
  • The two other claimants remain anonymous, with one alleging about a dozen assaults in the early 2000s and another alleging an August 2008 assault that led to psychiatric harm and financial losses; one of these claims was first filed in 2022 but paused during the criminal case.
  • Spacey denies the allegations and has filed formal responses to two of the three suits, with his prior UK acquittal in 2023 and a 2022 U.S. civil not‑liable verdict forming the legal backdrop.