Kevin Spacey avoids his next trial

Ahead of a planned trial in London, the disgraced actor reached a settlement with three accusers.

By Drew Gillis | March 19, 2026 | 11:54am

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Kevin Spacey has reached an out-of-court settlement with three men who accused him of sexual assault, reports the BBC. The disgraced actor was due to stand trial again later this year at Britain’s High Court. The allegations stemmed from his last criminal trial in the country, which saw Spacey found not guilty of nine charges brought against him by four different men in 2023. Two of those men filed civil charges against Spacey, which is what the High Court trial would have litigated.

No details of the settlement have been publicly released. The three men alleged that Spacey had assaulted them between 2000 and 2013. One of the men, Ruari Cannon, waived his right to anonymity and appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Spacey Unmasked, which detailed allegations from Spacey’s time as the artistic director at London’s Old Vic Theatre. Spacey has consistently denied the accusations, saying that Cannon’s specifically were “ridiculous” and “never happened.”

As of last November, Spacey was still maintaining that he planned to work again soon and that there exist “extremely powerful people who want to put me back to work.” At the time, The Telegraph characterized him as “homeless” and he was spotted tap dancing in Cyprus and Tel Aviv.

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