The British government is preparing a formal request that it will send to the United States to request the extradition of actor Kevin Spacey, accused of sexual assault, according to sources in the British newspaper. Watchman.
The source explained that the process will be activated if the representative does not agree to travel to the United Kingdom voluntarily to be prosecuted. If he does not, the Home Office’s International Crime Directorate will request his extradition so that he can be arrested in the US and extradited to the UK.
Spacey, 62, learned last Thursday that British prosecutors had cleared an indictment for four crimes of sexual assault against three men between 2005 and 2013 in London and Gloucestershire following an investigation by Scotland Yard.
The extradition process can take months because the US Department of Justice must decide whether there is a “probable cause” of the crime.
Then an arrest warrant is issued and a process that can be resumed in any case begins. It will also limit the crimes with which he can be charged.
Rosemary Ainsley, head of the Special Crimes Division, announced at the time that “CPS has authorized criminal proceedings against Kevin Spacey, 62, on four counts of sexual assault against three men.”
He added, “He was also accused of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without their consent.”After determining that the charges come “after examining the evidence collected by the London Police”.
Two charges relate to sexual assaults in March 2005 in London against one of the complainants. Another sexual assault was implicated by a second female complainant in August 2008, who also engaged in penetrative sexual activity.
The actor is accused of committing a fourth sexual assault of the third complainant in April 2013 in Gloucestershire, in southwest England.
Spacey, star of movies like “American beauty’ And the serieshouse of papera two-Oscar winner, has been the subject of many complaints in the United States on sexual harassment and assault in 2017.
The wave of accusations that ended his career coincided with the rise of the #MeToo movement, which was born out of the case of American film producer Harvey Weinstein.
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The American actor was sentenced to pay nearly $ 31 million to the producer of the serieshouse of paperAnd the who starred until he was fired for allegations of sexual harassment, the arbitration judge decided.
MRC, the producer of the series that aired on Netflix, filed a petition on November 22, 2021 to confirm the ruling in a Los Angeles court.
In the document, the company explains that after published complaints against Spacey for sexual harassment and assault in 2017, it suspended the actor and ordered an investigation that identified Spacey violated provisions set forth in executive and executive production agreements that set standards for his conduct in the workplace, Including violating the MRC’s harassment policy.”
Celebrity Hollywood writer and producer Drew Dixon spoke about the news through her official Twitter profile and through the aforementioned hashtag.
“I am delighted to see Kevin Spacey paying for the damage he has caused. My thoughts are with the families of the two men who died and all their victims,” the American wrote at the time.
Spacey starred in five seasons ofhouse of paper Even several complaints of sexual harassment against co-workers have been publicized in the media.
“The Multimedia Center was unaware of this type of behavior that Spacey had with members of the show’s cast or crew,” the producer said in the document.
two-time Oscar winner, Translator ‘American Beauty’ He was finally fired from the series in which he played Frank Underwood, an unscrupulous American politician.
The producing company added that the consequent exclusion of the American actor from the popular series required a reorganization of the work, which led to “heavy losses” for MRC.
The production company argued that it should have rewrote the script except for Underwood, The main character of the series, and the redesign of the sixth season, which moved from 13 to 8 episodes.
The MRC launched a legal battle against Spacey in 2019, and according to the petition, in 2020, an arbitration judge ruled in favor of MRC declaring that the actor had breached contract.
Nearly four years after sexual assault allegations were made against him, Kevin Spacey has landed a new movie role. It was in an Italian production titled ‘Lomo Chi Disgno Duo (The man who drew God), directed by Franco Nero (blues forever).
According to ABC News, the actor will share plans with actress Vanessa Redgrave, the director’s wife and heroine for the movie, which will be shot in Italy.
“I am very happy that Kevin has agreed to participate in my movie. I consider him a great actor and can’t wait to start shooting.”Nero said in statements to the American media.
Spacey last appeared on the big screen with the 2018 edition of Young Billionaires Cluba drama directed by James Cox, which failed miserably at the box office.
* With information from AFP and Europa Press.
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