High-stakes trial of Kevin Spacey on sex offence charges begins | The World

well this was the beginning of a four week long trial Uh Kevin Spacey arrived at the southern Crown Court in central London flanked by his lawyers he walked into that building he then took his place in the courtroom he was sitting in the dock behind a glass wall he had his head held high for much of these proceedings today was largely procedural Court procedure we saw

moment well we know he's been charged with 12 offenses they involved four men they dates back to 2001 and we will hear more details of that across the coming weeks so far we expect that we might hear the details of the prosecution's case later in the week so there are plenty of details uh still to come in this case yeah these accusations is a validate back

to his time as director of a British theater Institution that's right Bev Kevin Spacey was the director of the Old Vic theater prestigious theater here in London for the better part of a decade from about 2004 to the time that he stepped down in mid-2015 now we know that these charges that have been brought against him a date from 2001 up to 2013 so there is

a crossover there it relates to his time in London we also know that those charges a number of them are said to are alleged to have occurred here in London but some are also to have occurred in gloucestershire in rural England now this is a very high stakes case of course Kevin Spacey is a prominent and well-known actor this is all happening in the post me

too age it's a politically and socially charged issue at this time and there will be huge press interest we've seen the world's media already arrive for the first day of this case yeah Isabella Higgins in London thanks very much for that update thanks Bev