US NewsScotland Yard Questioned Kevin Spacey About U.K. Sexual Assault Allegations

It was not immediately clear what the focus of the interview was or where it took place.

Scotland Yard is carrying out an ongoing investigation into six allegations of sexual assault against Spacey in cases ranging from 1996 until 2013. Spacey has not been charged with any offense.

© ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this June 3, 2019 file photo, actor Kevin Spacey attends a pretrial hearing at district court in Nantucket, Mass. The Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the teenage son of a former Boston TV anchor in 2016 in the crowded bar at the Club Car in Nantucket. An attorney for the man who has accused Spacey says, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the man cannot find a cellphone he has been ordered to turn over to the defense. Spacey's lawyers want to try to recover text messages they say would help the actor's case. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) "In May 2019, a man was voluntarily interviewed under caution in America, by officers from the Met’s Complex Case Team,” a Scotland Yard representative said. "He was not arrested. Inquiries are ongoing."

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No further details were disclosed, but a source said it was understood that the person questioned was Spacey. The Oscar-winning actor, famous for his role in the Netflix series House of Cards, lived in London for years and served as artistic director of the Old Vic theater there from 2003 until 2015.

© ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2019 file photo, actor Kevin Spacey arrives at district court in Nantucket, Mass. A young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his lawsuit against the Oscar-winning actor. Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for the man, announced in an email Friday, July 5, that the suit filed June 26 in Nantucket Superior Court has been voluntarily dismissed.(AP Photo/Steven Senne) Spacey is currently facing felony sexual assault charges in the U.S. related to allegations he sexually assaulted a young man in a bar in Nantucket, Massachusetts in the summer of 2016. The alleged victim recently withdrew a separate civil lawsuit against Spacey.

The Scotland Yard interview with Spacey in the U.S. was first reported by Variety.