On the third week of the trial at Southwark Crown Court, where Spacey is facing 12 charges from four different men, the jury was shown a police interview video dating from 2007 in which the fourth and final alleged victim gave evidence describing incident he said occurred in the summer of 2008.

In the video, the individual described how first connected with Spacey after he’d taken part in an initiative that the actor had set up for up-and-coming actors at the Old Vic Theatre, where Spacey was artistic director between 2004 and 2015. Although he didn’t have much interaction with the Oscar winner at the time, he said he reaching out to him afterwards via a letter seeking mentorship and guidance. To his surprise, a few weeks after the letter was sent Spacey phoned him directly, suggesting they meet for a walk near Waterloo at 11 p.m. later that night.

After thanking Spacey for putting on The Old Vic initiative, telling him he’d got an agent off the back of it, the Oscar-winner had move to congratulate him and started trying to inappropriately hug him on the sofa and then began “rubbing his face into my crotch.”

But he says he quickly moved him away and tried to distract him by changing the subject, asking him about actors he’d worked with and a model railway in the corner of the room, but he said the conversation was “stilted,” with Spacey not interested in talking about work or his career. He then claims he asked if he go out on the balcony for a cigarette, to which Spacey said “no” as there would be “plenty of time for that later.”

The alleged victim says he fell asleep, asserting that this wasn’t “something I’d normally do,” and that it was “unusual behavior to just conk out.” When he woke up on the sofa later, he found his pants had been unbuttoned and unzipped and Spacey was “performing oral sex on me.”

After pushing the actor off him, he told police that Spacey had then said he should leave, and told him not to tell anyone what had happened.