on Thursday and appeared to almost choke up as he recalled the "intimate" and "somewhat sexual" friendship he shared with a man now accusing the actor of violently groping him."I never thought that I knew would ... 20 years later stab me in the back," Spacey testified in his own defense in his sexual assault trial in what could be the most consequential speaking part of his life.
The 63-year-old American actor was one of the biggest stars of the stage, and silver and small screens, when sexual misconduct accusations brought his career to a halt. The fondling culminated when the man was once driving Spacey and the actor grabbed his crotch so violently he almost ran off the road, the man had testified.
Slowly, the two men began touching each other, Spacey said, but it never went much further, because the man made it clear he didn't want that. Spacey's description of gentle stroking was in direct contradiction to what the alleged victims testified about. They said he caught them by surprise when he aggressively grabbed their privates through their clothing.Spacey called that man's account "madness" and said it never happened. He also denied he made racially offensive remarks to the man during a rehearsal for a charity theater event.