Kevin Spacey Trial Latest: Jurors Shown Police Inteview In Which Alleged Victim Accuses Hollywood Star Of “Grabbing Me So Hard I Nearly Came Off The Road”

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Jurors in the Kevin Spacey trial have been shown footage of a police interview with an alleged victim of the Hollywood star in which he said the actor “grabbed me so hard I almost came off the road.” Spacey’s first alleged victim has said he was assaulted more than 10 times by the Oscar-winning actor, including putting his hand on his penis five or six times and assaulting him in other ways around five or six other times.

As the trial in Southwark Crown Court kicks off its second week with testimony from the four complainants, the man who cannot be identified said in the police interview: “He assaulted me when I was with him in his company.

He grabbed me in private areas and then tried to get my hands on him. He would try to grope me and try to grab me and make me feel very uncomfortable.” The alleged victim said he had tried to “blank out” what had happened to him, which started taking place within two to three weeks of meeting Spacey, at which point the actor told the complainant he would introduce him to A-list stars. “It’s like he thought he could groom me,” added the man in the police interview, who called Spacey a “slipper, snaky, difficult person” and a “very mixed-up individual.” Describing an incident, the man said: “He grabbed me so hard I almost came off the road.

He grabbed me really hard and it really hurt. I pushed him against the door and said ‘don’t do that again or I will knock you out’.” The man told the officer that Spacey had replied: “That’s such a turn on to me, you’re such a man.” The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, added in his police interview played to jurors: “Obviously being a ‘man’s man’ and a professional I found it quite eerie and just awkward.