Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Kevin Spacey has described himself as “pushing the boundaries” and “being too handsy” in the past in an interview with Piers Morgan .
The two-time Oscar winner won a US civil lawsuit after being accused of an unwanted sexual advance at a party in 1986, and last year was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court after being accused of sexually assaulting four men in the period between 2001 and 2013. He has always denied any criminal wrongdoing, and misconduct allegations. But Spacey, known for the US adaptation of House of Cards along with American Beauty, admitted in the interview on YouTube channel Piers Morgan Uncensored he had been “pushing the boundaries”.
When asked how, he said: “Being too handsy, touching someone sexually in a way that I didn’t know at the time they didn’t want.” “I have caressed people, I have been gentle with people, that is the way that I am,” he added in response to accusations. “You’re making a pass at someone, you don’t want to be aggressive.
You want to be gentle. You want to see if they’re going to respond positively.” He added: “They should let you know they don’t want to do it so that you can understand it’s non-consensual and stop.
” The actor also denied fresh claims of inappropriate behaviour that were aired in a Channel 4 documentary titled Spacey Unmasked, which he criticised. A spokesperson.
