United Kingdom, Nov. 27 -- Kevin Spacey will face civil sex assault claims in court next year.

The House of Cards actor - who was acquitted of seven counts of sexual assault, one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent in London in 2023 - is being sued by three men, who alleged he assaulted them between 2000 and 2013 and at a hearing on Wednesday (26.11.25), a judge set a provisional trial date of 12 October, 2026.

The claims could be heard in three consecutive trials at London's High Court but the accusers' lawyer, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel has requested they are heard in a single case to avoid the men and Spacey having...