Actor Kevin Spacey faces Massachusetts court, pleads not guilty to sexual assault of teenage waiter
- Kevin Spacey was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery
- He has been ordered to stay away from his accuser and his accuser’s family
Actor Kevin Spacey has faced a Massachusetts court, where his lawyers entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on charges he groped an 18-year-old waiter in 2016.
The disgraced actor was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery during a hearing at Nantucket District Court on Monday. The judge set another hearing for March 4. Spacey does not have to appear, the judge ruled, but said he needs to be available by phone.
Spacey must stay away from his accuser and his accuser’s family, the judge also ordered.
The judge granted a request by Spacey’s lawyers to preserve the victim’s cellphone data from the six months following the alleged assault. Spacey’s lawyer Alan Jackson said there was data that was “likely exculpatory” for Spacey.
Spacey and his lawyers declined to comment as they left the courthouse amid a crush of reporters
