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Spacey pleads not guilty to groping

Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty on Monday to groping an 18-year-old busboy in 2016 in the first criminal case brought against the disgraced actor following a string of sexual misconduct allegations that crippled his career.

Spacey鈥檚 court appearance came more than a year after former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh accused the former 鈥淗ouse of Cards鈥 star of sexually assaulting her son in a bar on the Massachusetts resort island of Nantucket.

Nantucket District Court Judge Thomas Barrett ordered Spacey to stay away from his accuser and the man鈥檚 family. Spacey will not have to appear at his next hearing on March 4, but he must be available by phone, Barrett said.

The judge also ordered Spacey鈥檚 accuser and the man鈥檚 then-girlfriend to preserve text messages and other data on their cellphones from the day of the alleged assault and six months after. Spacey鈥檚 attorney Alan Jackson told the judge they believe the cellphones contain information that is 鈥渓ikely exculpatory鈥 for Spacey.

Spacey, wearing a gray suit, navy vest and polka dot tie, didn鈥檛 speak during the hearing and his lawyers entered the not-guilty plea on his behalf.


 

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