Elton John & David Evidence Helped Cleared Kevin Spacey From Accusations Against Him

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British musician Elton John’s testimony played a significant part in actor Kevin Spacey’s acquittal in a trial based on accusations of sexual assault dating back from 2001 to 2013.

The American Beauty actor was handed a “not guilty” verdict on Wednesday after just over 12 hours of deliberation in accusations he said left him without work for six years since surfacing in 2017.

The allegations centred around Spacey’s time in the UK when he was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in 2003.

Three men accused him of aggressively grabbing their crotches, what the prosecutor said was a “preferred method of assault” and described him as "vile" and a "slippery, snaky" predator.

But a significant moment that turned out to be a turning point in his trial was the appearance through a videolink from Monaco of global popstar Elton John.

Dressed in a black suit with tinted orange glasses, the renowned musician confirmed Spacey’s innocence by contradicting one of the main accuser’s claims.

One of the accusers had alleged that the actor had groped him while driving to one of John’s "White Tie and Tiara" balls in 2004 or 2005.

Sir Elton John told Kevin Spacey’s trial that the star went straight to a ball at his house after flying in on a private jet, then bought a Mini Cooper at the event and stayed the night.

He was asked how he can be sure of Spacey not using a commercial aircraft and he responded: “I don’t think he was wearing white tie on a commercial flight.”

"Yes, he came in white tie, and he came straight from a private jet. Yes, I don’t think he’d wear white tie otherwise,” he said.

During the ball, Spacey mentioned purchasing a red Mini in a charity auction, which he claimed became the "most expensive Mini Cooper ever".

Following the event, Spacey spent the night at the residence of Sir Elton and his husband, David Furnish.

Also appearing through a video link, Mr Furnish told jurors that he went through all the pictures taken at the parties held annually and the House of Cards actor only appeared in images from 2001.

He said he specifically remembered the moment when Spacey agreed to come to the party, saying: “He was an Oscar-winning actor, there was a lot of buzz and excitement that he was at the ball.”

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/kevin-spacey-acquitted-elton-john-b2382755.html

[Lextyr97 19,132]

Can someone explain this situation? And explain it again in pop terms

[asfittingasmcqueen 1,877]

6 minutes ago, TylerBR97 said:

Can someone explain this situation? And explain it again in pop terms

Out of the three men who accused Spacey, one of them said that the SA incident happened while he was driving to a party that Elton John was hosting. During trial, Elton said that wasn't the case, because Spacey arrived in a private jet.

At least that's what I'm getting

[Borisapillar 8,298]

It sounds like Elton just told the truth as he remembers it. I would do the same.

[LilyLark 9,928]

This is confusing. If Elton was a material witness, then he "had" to testify and tell the truth. I'm 97% sure that material witnesses are legally obligated to testify if they get called up by the defense (or prosecution). So the framing on twitter from some media outlets right now is really off if he was a "material" witness....as they are acting like he voluntarily came forward to defend Spacey.

[HiddenWeirdo 4,268]

1 hour ago, LilyLark said:

This is confusing. If Elton was a material witness, then he "had" to testify and tell the truth. I'm 97% sure that material witnesses are legally obligated to testify if they get called up by the defense (or prosecution). So the framing on twitter from some media outlets right now is really off if he was a "material" witness....as they are acting like he voluntarily came forward to defend Spacey.

I always thought of him as being more of a material girl