Kevin Spacey has reached a confidential settlement with three men who filed civil lawsuits in London alleging sexual assaults spanning 2000 to 2013, according to a court order published this week. The order, dated March 13, states the claims have been stayed following the settlement, meaning a civil trial scheduled for October will not proceed.
Two of the three claimants were among those who gave evidence during Spacey’s criminal trial in London in 2023. In that trial the actor, now 66 years old, was acquitted of all charges brought against him.
Spacey has consistently denied allegations of sexual misconduct. He has said the incidents alleged in a variety of claims did not occur or, where contacts took place, they were consensual. Records show his legal team did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the recently disclosed settlement. A spokesperson for the claimants’ lawyers declined to comment.
The actor’s career was significantly affected after the first allegations surfaced in 2017. He was removed from the Netflix drama House of Cards and cut from the cast of the film All the Money in the World following those initial accusations. In the United States, a separate civil case against Spacey was dismissed by a jury in 2022. The London criminal trial that followed in 2023 charged him with sexually assaulting four men in Britain, but he was acquitted on all nine counts.
Legal developments recorded by the High Court indicate an end, for now, to the civil litigation that was due to be heard later this year. Because the settlement terms are confidential, the public record contains only the court order staying the proceedings; the specific terms and any admissions or financial arrangements are not disclosed in the order made public.
This resolution of the three UK civil suits does not alter the previously recorded outcomes of related legal matters: the 2022 jury dismissal of a U.S. civil lawsuit and the 2023 acquittal in the London criminal trial are unchanged and remain on the public record.
The stay on the High Court cases means parties will not move forward with the October trial that had been on the calendar. Beyond the court order noting the settlement and stay, there is limited public information about the settlement’s contents or any subsequent legal steps the parties may take.