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UK seeking return of Kevin Spacey from US to face sexual assault charges | UK news

Exclusive: Formal extradition is to be pursued if actor fails to come back to the country voluntarily

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Exclusive: Formal extradition is to be pursued if actor fails to come back to the country voluntarily

Highlights

  • UK would seek formal extradition unless Spacey decides to come back voluntarily.
  • US officials would have to be satisfied there is ‘probable cause’ to detain Spacey.
  • Spacey faces four charges of sexual assault relating to alleged attacks against three males between 2005 and 2013.
  • Former head of extradition at the CPS says Spacey could be extradited in weeks if he does not contest extradition.
  • He could be granted permission to return to the US to work as long as a British court believed he would return to face trial in Britain.
  • The actor, 62, has denied all allegations of wrongdoing in the US and has been accused of attacking three men in the UK.