US Judge Thomas Barrett has ruled that Kevin Spacey will have to appear at his upcoming arraignment at the Nantucket District Court after the actor requested an exemption.
Earlier in the week attorneys representing Spacey argued that his presence at the arraignment for 2016 sexual assault charges would “amplify the negative publicity already generated in connection with this case”.
They also claimed that it would heighten the chances of the jury becoming biased due to the actor’s high profile status.
Spacey is facing allegations that he groped the then-teenaged son of former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh. He is also currently under investigation by Los Angeles police for and incidental that allegedly occurred in 2016.
There was a similar incident from 1992 but prosecutors denied to press charged because of the statute of limitations.
This latest update in the case comes days after Spacy uploaded a highly off-putting video to YouTube where he seemed to embody his House Of Cards character (Frank Underwood).
In the video, Spacey criticises the media, criticises the general public for believing the media and clearly states, “I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the thing I didn’t do.”
Spacey was dropped from the popular Netflix show’s final season following the allegations against him and was also edited out of Ridley Scott’s 2017 film All The Money In The World.
This is the first and only comment that Spacey or his team has made since the allegations were brought against him in 2017.
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