The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has formally dropped a case against actor Kevin Spacey, after the accuser died. The accuser, a massage therapist who was never identified, went to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which referred the investigation to the D.A.’s office in July 2018. The D.A.’s office has been reviewing the matter since then, and had not made a decision on whether to bring charges at the time of the accuser’s death. The accuser’s civil attorney, who had filed suit against Kevin Spacey in September 2018, notified Spacey’s lawyers that the accuser had died last month. A source
The man who is anonymously suing Kevin Spacey for sexual battery will have to reveal his identity but not to the general public, just to him. According to court documents, a judge ruled that John Doe “will reveal his true and complete name” to Kevin Spacey’s counsel. The order states and does not that: The Parties will continue to confer in good faith to try to reach agreement on a more comprehensive stipulated protective order that addresses each Party’s needs and interest. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, Plaintiff’s name cannot be disclosed in a public filing with the Court while Plaintiff’s name has been
Kevin Spacey is demanding a judge throw out the lawsuit accusing the actor of sexual battery and wants the man suing him to pay his legal bills. According to court documents, Spacey denies all allegations of wrongdoing in the case brought by John Doe. Spacey argues that Doe has “suffered no damages attributable to any wrongful conduct” by him. He claims the man also is owed no damages. The actor also argues that he did not engage in any wrongful conduct, let alone wrongful conduct with malice or reckless disregard to Plaintiff’s rights and feelings. He is adamant “no sexual battery” occurred and
A federal judge on Wednesday allowed a massage therapist to remain anonymous as he pursues a sexual assault lawsuit against Kevin Spacey. The massage therapist filed suit in October 2018, alleging that the actor tried to kiss him and forced him to grab his genitals during a session in Malibu in 2016. Kevin Spacey is now facing a charge in Nantucket, in which he is accused of groping a busboy. He has pleaded not guilty. In the civil case, Kevin Spacey’s attorneys had asked Judge Ronald Lew to dismiss the suit because the plaintiff filed anonymously. The therapist’s attorneys argued that disclosing his
