Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey wins bid to set aside High Court ruling in sexual abuse claim

The civil claim was paused after Mr Spacey was charged – and later acquitted – in criminal proceedings of a number of sexual offences alleged by four men between 2001 and 2013

In 2022, the Oscar-winning actor was sued by a man at the High Court in London who claimed he had been sexually assaulted by Mr Spacey and suffered “psychiatric damage”.

Kevin Spacey has won a bid to set aside a judgment against him in a High Court sexual abuse claim made after his solicitors did not file his defence in time.

In 2022, the Oscar-winning actor was sued by a man at the High Court in London who claimed he had been sexually assaultedby Mr Spacey and suffered “psychiatric damage”.