New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is slated to return to a London courtroom next October, as three men prepare civil legal claims accusing him of sexual assault. The cases - filed at the High Court of Justice - follow a long history of allegations, legal battles and public scrutiny.

One of the claimants, identified publicly as Ruari Cannon - formerly a young performer - has waived his anonymity and is seeking damages for alleged abuse.

The two other claimants remain unnamed in publicly available court documents.

According to the claims, Spacey is accused of abusing them at various times between roughly 2000 and 2015. One of the other claimants alleges repeated assaults on some 12 occasions between 2000 and 2005; the th...