Kevin Spacey off the hook in sexual assault case after criminal charges are dropped in Nantucket groping trial because the alleged teenage victim refused to testify – but state can refile
- The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office is not longer pursuing criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 59, for his alleged assault of a teenage boy
Kevin Spacey will not stand trail for allegedly groping a teenage boy at a Nantucket bar.
Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe filed a nolle prosequi on Wednesday, stating that his office would e dropping their case against Spacey ‘due to the unavailability of the complaining witness.’
That is the 18-year-old man who said that Spacey had reached his hand down his pants one night back in 2016, a claim he said could be corroborated by his text messages.
It was revealed however that the texts on his phone had been deleted by his mother prior to handing it over to authorities and that the phone itself had been lost at some point in the past year.
House of cards: The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office is not longer pursuing criminal charges against Kevin Spacey (above) for his alleged assault of a teenage boy
This comes just one week after the accuser also dropped his civil lawsuit against the actor.
A court filing obtained by DailyMail.com shows that the young man withdrew his complaint and that the civil case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning he cannot refile that suit.
That move came just days before the three-year statue of limitations would have run out on filing a legal complaint against Spacey, who he claims reached down his pants and groped him at a bar back in 2016.
He was 18 at the time, but admits to telling Spacey he was 23.
Spacey has denied the allegations, and is still facing a criminal charge.
That case has been in jeopardy for weeks after the young man and his family misplaced the cell phone he had been using that night to text with his girlfriend and a group of friends about the alleged incident.