NEW YORK — Kevin Spacey will go back to England on his own to face four charges of sexual assault, he announced Tuesday.
“I very much appreciate the Crown Prosecution Service’s statement in which they carefully reminded the media and the public that I am entitled to a fair trial, and innocent until proven otherwise,” he said in a statement to Good Morning America.
“While I am disappointed with their decision to move forward, I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges, which I am confident will prove my innocence.”
The disgraced actor’s announcement comes a day after an official told the Guardian that the U.K. would seek his extradition unless he decided to return voluntarily.
Spacey, 62, was charged last week with sexual assault against three men, as well as “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division announced Thursday.
Two of the alleged incidents occurred in March 2005, the third in August 2008 and the final in April 2013, according to police. One was in Gloucestershire and the others in London.
The three men, one of whom was allegedly assaulted twice, accounting for the fourth charge, join a growing list of accusers against the “House of Cards” star, including Anthony Rapp, Tony Montana, Richard Dreyfuss’ son and a teenager who accused Spacey of groping him at a Nantucket, Massachusetts, bar in 2016.
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