Kevin Spacey‘s criminal case in Nantucket, Massachusetts has been dismissed.
As we reported, journalist and former WCVB-TV news anchor Heather Unruh accused the House of Cards actor of groping her then-18-year-old son — reportedly, a busboy at Club Car bar — and plying him with drinks back in July 2016.
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According to TMZ on Wednesday, the case was dropped “due to the unavailability of the complaining witness.”
(As we wrote earlier this month, the alleged victim dropped his civil lawsuit by filing “with prejudice” a voluntary notice of dismissal in Massachusetts Superior Court.)
Per the publication’s sources, the dismissal was at the behest of prosecutors.
In June, the thespian’s legal team accused the alleged victim and his mother of erasing text messages and other critical evidence to fit their story.
Spacey’s attorney, Alan Jackson, alleged the man’s phone — which he claimed featured “frat boy activities” — was wiped clean before it was handed to police.
Per Deadline, Jackson said:
“They cleansed it… What troubles me your honor… the Commonwealth had all this information… we suspected this manipulation had been going on.”
In previous court documents, Jackson wrote the accuser “has gone to great lengths to remove text messages he believes did not fit his narrative.”
When pressed about this, the man reportedly took the 5th Amendment.
In November 2017, mom Unruh announced at a press conference:
“In July 2016, Kevin Spacey assaulted my son. It happened late at night in the Club Car restaurant… The victim, my son, was a young, starstruck 18-year-old who had no idea this famous actor was an alleged sexual predator or that he was about to become his next victim. Kevin Spacey had no right to sexually assault him… Kevin Spacey bought him drink after drink after drink. And when my son was drunk, Spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him… Kevin Spacey put his hands down my son’s pants and grabbed his genitals. My son panicked, he froze. He was intoxicated… I want to see Kevin Spacey go to jail… I want to see Kevin Spacey have the hand of justice come down on him.”
Spacey has one less sexual assault accuser to deal with.
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