LONDON — Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey faces another legal battle in London next year over civil sexual assault allegations, three years after he was cleared of criminal charges, a court heard Wednesday.

Three people are suing the 66-year-old star in civil cases at London’s High Court linked to his time as artistic director of the capital’s Old Vic theatre.

The star of American Beauty and drama series House of Cards , who did not attend Wednesday’s hearing, was in 2023 acquitted of a number of criminal sexual charges alleged by four men following a trial in London.

Two of the claimants in the new civil proceedings were involved in that earlier case.

Spacey, who has always denied any wrongdoing, won the best supporting actor Oscar for the 1996 film The Usual Suspects and best actor

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