Kevin Spacey has spoken out against allegations of his illegal behavior ahead of a documentary about him due to air next week.
The actor, who was previously acquitted of sexual assault after trials in the US and UK, gave an interview to former GB News presenter Dan Wootton on his Outspoken channel on YouTube in which Spacey said he was in the I may have sometimes behaved inappropriately in the past. However, he denied having acted unlawfully.
He said to Wootton:
“I take full responsibility for my past behavior and actions. But I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologize to anyone who has made things up about me or told exaggerated stories about me.
“I have never told anyone that I will help them with their career if they give me sexual favors.
“I obviously contacted a few men who thought they could advance in their careers if they had a relationship with me. But there was no conversation with me, it was all part of their plan, which was always doomed to fail because I wasn’t part of the deal.”
And he said, “Were there times when I flirted with some of the people who were involved in these programs who were in their 20s?” Yes. Have I ever dated another actor? Yes. Did I clumsily attack someone who, as it turned out, wasn’t interested? Yes.”
He added: “It may not have been the best decision and I wouldn’t make it today.” But it happened. It was not illegal and it was never claimed that it was illegal.”
Spacey exposed, a Channel 4 documentary, is due to be released next week. Spacey previously wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he had not been given the opportunity to respond to any allegations made on the show.
The BBC reports that Mr Spacey’s lawyers said in a statement released on Friday evening that there was no public interest in misinforming the public by publishing “false and uncorroborated allegations” that were “largely historical and dating back to the time.” reach back”. almost 50 years ago.”
The lawyers said Mr. Spacey was provided “no more than very general, anonymized information” about the allegations and was left with “no choice but to make his own public statement” in the form of his interview with Mr Wootton.
On the eve of the broadcast of the documentary about the double Oscar winner, further allegations about Spacey’s past behavior were made.
Former actor Ruari Cannon told the British Poper The i that Spacey touched him in a very intimate way in June 2013, when he was 21 years old.
Canon told The I that the alleged incident occurred at the Savoy Hotel after the press night for the piece Sweet bird of youth.
Cannon’s claim is one of several allegations in the Spacey documentary, including another from someone who claims Spacey grabbed his genitals when Spacey was still a teenager. A third young actor says he was groped by Spacey on set House of cards.
On Thursday, Spacey wrote on X:
“Over the last week, I have repeatedly asked @Channel4 to give me more than seven days to respond to the 48-year-old allegations against me and to provide me with sufficient details to investigate these matters,” Spacey said. “Channel 4 declined on the basis that asking me to respond within seven days to new, anonymized and unspecified allegations would give me a ‘fair opportunity’ to refute all the allegations made against me.”
In a statement ahead of Spacey’s
Spacey exposed airs on Monday and is produced by Oscar nominee Mike Lerner and former Channel 4 News boss Dorothy Byrne.