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Kevin Spacey has fought back tears and dabbed his eyes with a tissue as he told jurors in a London court how sexual misconduct allegations six years ago had destroyed his career. In emotional testimony Thursday, Spacey denied sexually assaulting three men and chalked up crotch-grabbing allegations by a fourth as having been a “clumsy pass.” The 63-year-old Oscar winner has pleaded not guilty to charges including sexual and indecent assault. Spacey’s stellar film, television and stage career went into a spiral in 2017 as the #metoo movement gained momentum and a fellow actor accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior.
At least a dozen men have come forward this year to say they were sexually assaulted as teenagers by Johnny Kitagawa, a boy band impresario who was one of the most powerful people in Japanese entertainment for decades. Similar allegations were ignored by most Japanese media in the early 2000s. The talent agency Kitagawa founded has promised to investigate, but accuser Kazuya Nakamura told The Associated Press that it, and Japanese society, have still not fully acknowledged what happened to him.
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May Sarah Cardinal sits for a portrait outside the Law Courts building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Cardinal said she was pressured into having her tubes tied when she was 20. “The doctor told me: ‘There are hard times ahead and how are you going to look after a bunch of kids? What if your husband leaves?' ... I was afraid if I didn’t go through with it, they would be angry with me, and I didn’t feel like I had a say.” (AP Photo/Amber Bracken)
May Sarah Cardinal sits for a portrait outside the Law Courts building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Cardinal said she was pressured into having her tubes tied when she was 20, after having her second child in 1977, but the doctor never explained the procedure was irreversible. (AP Photo/Amber Bracken)
May Sarah Cardinal and her daughter, Anita Cardinal, stand for a portrait outside the Law Courts building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, May 25, 2023. May Sarah only realized she had been forcibly sterilized when Anita pieced it together, after watching a video in a university class about eugenics and forced sterilization. (AP Photo/Amber Bracken)
May Sarah Cardinal and her daughter, Anita Cardinal, sit for a portrait outside the Law Courts building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, May 25, 2023. “My mother had always told me she wanted more children but that she didn’t have a choice,” Anita says. (AP Photo/Amber Bracken)
Prosecutors have rested their sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in a London courtroom after four men testified against the two-time Oscar winner. Prosecutors read jurors statements Wednesday that Spacey gave investigators denying that he aggressively groped three men and performed a nonconsensual sex act on a fourth. The defense is scheduled to present its case Thursday in Southwark Crown Court. The stakes are high for Spacey, who faces a possible prison term if convicted of a dozen counts against him. The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges including sexual and indecent assault.