Kevin Spacey accused of sexual assault, Elton John testifies to everyone’s surprise: “I don’t remember…”

Accused of sexual assault, Kevin Spacey has been on trial in London, England, since the end of June 2023. The 63-year-old actor pleaded not guilty to these twelve charges which would have taken place between 2001 and 2013, in particular at the when he was the manager of the Old Vic theatre. A man accuses him, in particular, of having behaved extremely inappropriately while driving him to a charity gala, in the early 2000s, in favor of the Elton John Foundation. This is why the singer intervened, as a defense witness, during the trial on Monday July 17, 2023 by videoconference.

He had arrived on a private jet and had come straight to the ball

During his testimony, Elton John confirmed that he remembered the presence of Kevin Spacey during one of the annual balls he organized in Windsor, west of the city of London. “He arrived with a white tiehe remembered. He had arrived on a private jet and had come straight to the ball. I imagine he came by private jet. I don’t think he would wear a white tie in second class.The singer also confirmed that Kevin Spacey slept at his house after the event.I don’t remember him coming after that” he added, on the other hand.

The driver had explained, during his interrogation, that Kevin Spacey had seized him “very strong” at the level of the private parts. “I almost went off the road“, he added. The accused assured, for his part, that it was a “gentle gesture“, “romantic“, denying any behavior”violent“, “aggressive” Or “sore“. In rejecting the charges against him, Kevin Spacey assured that the relationships he had with the plaintiffs were “granted“. It was in 2017, at the start of the #MeToo movement, that the actor had faced all these charges for the first time. His career was then in top form, in particular because he held the first role in the Netflix series House of Cardswhich he had to leave since.