{"id":1329356,"date":"2019-01-01T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1329356"},"modified":"2019-01-01T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T07:08:09","slug":"judge-denies-kevin-spaceys-request-to-skip-sexual-assault-arraignment-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2019\/01\/judge-denies-kevin-spaceys-request-to-skip-sexual-assault-arraignment-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Denies Kevin Spacey\u2019s Request To Skip Sexual Assault Arraignment Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judge Thomas Barrett has denied Kevin Spacey\u2019s request to skip his sexual harassment where he is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he allegedly\u2026<\/b>
\nJudge Thomas Barrett has denied Kevin Spacey\u2019s request to skip his sexual harassment where he is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he allegedly groped an 18-year-old male in 2016.
The 59-year-old actor\u2019s lawyer reportedly filed paperwork Monday requesting the Nantucket judge allow the actor to not appear at his arraignment because his \u201cpresence will amplify the negative publicity already generated in connection with this case,\u201d according to TMZ . (RELATED: Report: Kevin Spacey Facing 3 More Sexual Assault Allegations In London)
Host Kevin Spacey attends the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 11,2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
One of the disgraced \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d star\u2019s attorney\u2019s, Julianne Balliro, also wrote that Spacey\u2019s case has \u201calready generated extraordinary interest from national and local print and television media outlets\u201d and that a public appearance would further \u201crisk the contamination of the pool of jurors,\u201d per the New York Daily News . (RELATED: \u2018House Of Cards\u2019 Production Resumes \u2013 With Two New Additions)
The \u201cAmerican Beauty\u201d actor currently faces charges of felony indecent assault and battery for allegedly groping the young male at a Massachusetts bar in Nantucket.
Spacey made headlines last year as part of the #MeToo movement, when the teenager\u2019s mom, Boston news anchor Heather Unruh, made the allegations. The accusation was part of a string of allegations against the actor that first started in October of last year when \u201cStar Trek\u201d actor Anthony Rapp said Spacey made a sexual advance at him when he was 14 while the two worked on Broadway together.
The actor is expected to plead not guilty to the charges when he appears in court on January 7.<\/p>\n