Kevin Spacey accused of sexually assaulting eighteen-year-old boy in bar

Former Boston news anchor Heather Unruh speaks alongside her attorney at a press conference
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Tom Powell8 November 2017

A former US newsreader has accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her teenage son.

In a tearful press conference, Heather Unruh said the actor had bought her son "drink after drink" after they met at a restaurant in Massachusetts in July 2016.

She then accused him of sticking his hand down the 18-year-old's trousers and touching his genitals.

It is the latest accusation made against Oscar-winning Spacey, who is being investigated by police in the UK over an alleged sexual assault in Lambeth in 2008.

Accused: Kevin Spacey has faced a backlash after allegations of sexual assault
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Ms Unruh told reporters: "To Kevin Spacey, I want to say this: Shame on you for what you did to my son.

"Nothing could have prepared my son for how that sexual assault would make him feel as a man."

She said her son had not reported the alleged assault at the time because he was embarrassed.

He filed a report with police last week, she added.

Nantucket police chief Bill Pittman said that Massachusetts law does not allow them to confirm or deny a report of sexual assault.

Netflix has cut ties with the House Of Cards star and suspended the show's sixth season indefinitely since allegations first emerged.

It comes after Spacey was sensationally accused of making a drunken sexual advance towards Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp

Rapp says he was just 14 at the time of the alleged assault.

Since then, three more men have spoke out against Spacey, including a West Sussex barman who alleged the actor offered him a £5,000 watch when he was 19-years-old to “keep him quiet” after exposing himself.

A lawyer for Spacey has been contacted for comment.

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