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Kevin Spacey 'strenuously' denies sex assault charges, granted bail

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Kevin Spacey 鈥渟trenuously denies鈥 allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men.

Photographers and television camera crews thronged Spacey, 62, as he arrived at London's Westminster Magistrates Court for the preliminary hearing, walking into court accompanied by members of his legal team and two police officers.

Spacey sat in the glass-fronted dock during the half-hour hearing, standing to give his full name - Kevin Spacey Fowler - as well as his birthdate and a London address.

He was not asked to enter a formal plea, but his lawyer, Patrick Gibbs, said: 鈥淢r. Spacey strenuously denies any and all criminality in this case.鈥

鈥淗e has returned to the U.K. in order to establish his innocence,鈥 Gibbs said. 鈥淗e needs to answer these charges if he is to proceed with his life.鈥

Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram granted Spacey unconditional bail until his next appearance, a plea hearing scheduled for July 14 at London's Southwark Crown Court. He is free to return to the U.S. in the meantime.

The former 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥 star is accused of four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013. The victims are now in their 30s and 40s.

In a statement issued last month, Spacey said he would travel to Britain to face the charges and was confident he would 鈥減rove my innocence.鈥

Spacey was questioned by British police in 2019 about claims by several men that he had assaulted them. The two-time Academy Award winner ran London's Old Vic theater between 2004 and 2015.

Spacey won a best supporting actor Academy Award for the 1995 film 鈥淭he Usual Suspects鈥 and a lead actor Oscar for the 1999 movie 鈥淎merican Beauty.鈥

But his celebrated career came to an abrupt halt in 2017 when actor Anthony Rapp accused the star of assaulting him at a party in the 1980s, when Rapp was a teenager. Spacey denies the allegations.

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