“He Has Made Up His Entire Story From Beginning To End”: Kevin Spacey Hits Back At Man Who Accused Him Of Grabbing His Crotch “Like A Cobra” & Brands Case For The Prosecution “Weak”

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Kevin Spacey has hit back at the man who accused him of grabbing his crotch “like a cobra” by saying he has “made up his entire story from beginning to end,” while branding the case for the prosecution “weak.” Taking to the witness stand for the second day of his defense, Spacey suggested that the complainant lied in accusations against him for “money, money and then money.” The Oscar-winning actor is alleged to have grabbed another man’s crotch “like a cobra” after meeting him at a West End theater in the mid-2000s following an alleged “barrage of vile comments.” Spacey said on Friday: “I do not accept a single word that comes out of his mouth.” Asked why the complainant would be lying, Spacey said: “Money, money and then money,” adding: “And I also believe he has for whatever reason, anger towards me.” “I mean, maybe I wasn’t as lovely to him as he would have hoped if we met on that day and maybe he was upset about other things with respect to my sexuality,” added Spacey.

Spacey was questioned by the lawyer for the prosecution, Christina Agnew KC, who first asked the two-time Oscar winner whether the “crotch grab” was something that he would “normally do to someone you had met for the first time.” Spacey replied: “No.” Questioned on whether it was something he had done before that had worked, and that he considered it a “trademark,” Spacey replied: “No. “Let me put it this way, it is the term ‘grabbing a crotch’ or ‘groping a crotch’ that I object to,” he added.

When Agnew asked Spacey whether he considered a crotch grab to be an “appropriate” first move, the actor replied: “That’s generally not a first move.” Spacey told jurors at Southwark Crown Court this morning that he is an “affectionate person” and agreed