Groping lawsuit against Kevin Spacey dropped, but actor still faces criminal charge
A young man who said Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket, Massachusetts, bar in 2016 dismisses his civil lawsuit against the Academy Award-winning actor. He still faces criminal charges connected to the case.The accuser is the son of Heather Unruh, a Boston TV anchor. According to Unruh, Spacey allegedly got the man drunk and sexually assaulted him at the Club Car restaurant where he worked.
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at district court on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Nantucket, Mass., to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery.A young man who said actor Kevin Spacey got him drunk and then groped him in a Nantucket, Massachusetts, bar in 2016 dismissed his civil lawsuit against the Academy Award winner on Friday.
But Spacey still faces a criminal case related to the man's allegation. The "House of Cards" star pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in January.The lawsuit's dismissal came three days before the accuser and his parents were due to appear in court for the criminal case to answer questions about the accuser's missing cell phone, which Spacey's lawyers have said would prove his innocence..
Mitchell Garabedian, a lawyer for the accuser, said in an email that the suit was voluntarily dismissed Friday.The suit also was dismissed without either side having to pay the other's legal costs.Garabedian declined to comment further on the dismissal, citing the pending criminal case.
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