Kevin Spacey interviewed by Scotland Yard in the United States – Variety

The actor Kevin Spacey was questioned in the United States by Scotland Yard agents about allegations of sexual assault he is facing in the United States. Variety has learned. The Oscar-winning singer voluntarily submitted to the interview that took place in May and was not arrested, police said, adding that the investigation was continuing. .

Spacey was also the victim of six sexual assaults at Scotland Yard, also known as the London Metropolitan Police Force. The charges against six different men date back to 1996-2013.

Officers of the Met's case team interviewed Spacey in the United States, the police said, without specifying the location of the meeting or whether it related to one or more of the allegations. "In May 2019, an officer on the Met's complex case team voluntarily questioned a man under caution in the United States," said the force in a statement to Variety. "He was not arrested. Investigations are in progress. "(In the language of the British police," under caution "means that the interviewee has been informed of his rights.)

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A legal representative of Spacey did not respond to a request for comment. The stars of "House of Cards" and "American Beauty" have not been formally charged with allegations of the United Kingdom.

The first of the UK's claims against Spacey was brought to the authorities at the end of 2017. Several of them were subsequently added, the latest being in the spring of 2018. Most cases deal with alleged assaults in the Lambeth and Westminster districts of London; One relates to an alleged incident in Gloucester, a city in the west of England.

Spacey was based in London for several years. He was artistic director of the Old Vic Theater in London from 2003 to 2015.

The first allegations to be investigated date back to 1996, prior to his tenure in Old Vic, and no later than 2013.

The theater's own investigation revealed that "the fame and status of Spacey at The Old Vic may have prevented people, especially junior or young actors, from feeling able to express themselves or to to raise their hands to ask for help. "The theater said 20 men had filed claims against Spacey.

The doubly Oscar-winning actor faces charges on both sides of the pond. This week, a man who claimed to have been groped by the actor in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his civil lawsuit. Spacey should always be tried for indecent assault. Spacey was also sued by a massage therapist, who allegedly attempted to force him to seize the genitals of the actor.