Kevin Spacey has been found not guilty on all nine counts of sexual assault in the UK.
The former House of Cards star, who turned 64 today, broke down in tears at Southwark Crown Court in London when the jury revealed their verdict.
Giving evidence, the actor told jurors that his world “exploded” when other allegations first emerged against him in the US in 2017.
He said: “There was a rush to judgment and before the first question was asked or answered I lost my job, I lost my reputation, I lost everything in a matter of days.”
Kevin had been accused of sexually assaulting four men in the period between 2001 and 2013.
The American Beauty star, who was artistic director at The Old Vic theatre in London between 2004 and 2015, was accused of drugging and performing a sex act on a former aspiring actor while he slept.
He was also accused of several assaults on another man – a driver who claimed the actor grabbed his crotch so hard on one occasion that he “almost come off the road”.
Another man claimed Kevin subjected him to a “barrage” of “vile” sexual abuse before grabbing his crotch “like a cobra” at a West End event.
The fourth man said actor kissed his neck and told him to “be cool”, before grabbing his crotch.
Kevin denied all charges, and described the allegations against him as “madness” and a “stab in the back”.
