Kevin Spacey Faces 7 More Criminal Charges in the UK

The actor was already facing four counts of sexual assault with a trial due next year

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Kevin Spacey outside NYC's U.S. District Courthouse (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Kevin Spacey faces seven new criminal charges, including four for sexual assault, according to an announcement Wednesday by prosecutors at the U.K.’s Crown Protection Service.

The new charges involve a series of sexual assaults against one man that prosecutors say occurred between 2001 and 2004. The counts include one for causing person to engage in sexual activity without consent and others for indecent and sexual assault.

The Oscar-winning actor already faced five counts in the U.K., including four counts of sexual assault by touching and a more serious charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without their consent.

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