Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against Kevin Spacey Following a July 14 meeting betweenbr the accuser, his parents and prosecutors,br the charges against Kevin Spacey havebr been dropped by prosecutors. In a statement, District Attorney Michael O’Keefe saidbr the accuser chose to invoke the Fifth Amendment onbr July 8, which ultimately halted the case’s progression. Michael O’Keefe,br via statement Spacey was first accused of sexual assault in 2017br by a 18-year-old boy who alleged that the actor gropedbr him in 2016 while at a bar in Nantucket, Massachusetts. In January 2019, Spacey was formallybr charged with indecent assault andbr battery stemming from the accusation. The alleged victim reportedly took videos of the assault,br but during the pre-trial hearings it was discoveredbr that key information on the phone had been deleted. It was also revealed that the accuser’sbr phone had apparently been lost in thebr process of forensic examination. The accuser then voluntarily chose tobr dismiss the case with prejudice, meaningbr he cannot refile the case at a later date.