Kevin Spacey got away with sexual assaults because of his celebrity status: prosecutors
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The prosecution in Kevin Spacey's London sexual assault trial gave closing arguments on Wednesday. Prosecutors claimed Spacey got away with the assaults because he is a celebrity.
Spacey is on trial after pleading not guilty to charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Four men testified about similar encounters that involved Spacey allegedly groping them. Agnew emphasized that the four men's accounts were similar not because they had conspired to bring Spacey down, but because groping was reportedly Spacey's "trademark" move, according to the prosecution.
The prosecution claimed that Spacey knew he had a "trinity of protection" — the men he chose to allegedly attack likely wouldn't come forward, but if they did, nobody would believe them. Yet if someone did believe them, Spacey thought authorities wouldn't act because of his celebrity status, Agnew argued.