US actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager at a bar in Massachusetts.
He will appear in court on 7the of next month over the incident, which allegedly occurred in Nantucket in July 2016.
Spacey posted a video in which he appears to deny any wrongdoing while in character as Frank Underwood from House of Cards.
The alleged victim is the son of former television news presenter Heather Unruh, who spoke publicly about the incident last year.
She accused Spacey of buying her then 18‑year‑old son alcohol ‑ the drinking age in Massachusetts is 21 ‑ and then groping him.
The controversy has led to Spacey being axed from a number of roles, including from House of Cards and the 2017 film All the Money in the World, which was re‑shot without him.
A film in which he appears, Billionaire Boys Club, also took a record‑breaking low of $USD126m on its first night in US cinemas in August.
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[Source: BBC]
