UK plans to seek actor’s extradition from US

UK plans to seek actor’s extradition from US

According to The Guardian, US police may soon be sent on behalf of British authorities to find and detain the actor until he decides to return to the UK on his own.

British officials are seeking to secure Kevin Spacey’s return to Britain to face charges of sexual assault in the country.

according GuardianIs considering seeking the actor’s official extradition from the United Kingdom House of cards from the United States, until he decides to return to British soil on his own.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Thursday that it has authorized criminal charges against the 62-year-old comedian on four counts of sexual assault against three men.

“He was also charged with engaging a man in penetrative sexual activity without his consent,” the CPS said.

several months of process

According to experts cited by GuardianSo US police may soon be dispatched to find Kevin Spacey and take him into custody on behalf of the British authorities.

But the process could take several months, as explained by the British daily, which specifies that US Justice Department officials will have to study documents sent by the United Kingdom before deciding whether any “potential cause” which is of the offences. has been committed.

Also, Kevin Spacey’s return to UK soil will not mean a ban on his exit from the UK. The actor could be allowed to return to the United States to work if a British court first determines that he will return to stand trial again, The Guardian details.

March 2005 to April 2013

The charges cover the period from March 2005 to April 2013. The two charges pertain to acts of sexual harassment in London in March 2005 against the same complainant. Another sexual assault involved a second complainant in August 2008, who accused her of forcing her to engage in penetrative sexual activity without her consent.

Finally, Kevin Spacey was charged with the fourth sexual assault on a third complainant in Gloucestershire (south-west England) in April 2013.

London Police launched an investigation against the actor after receiving complaints of sexual harassment, some of which were allegedly made in the Lambeth district of London, where the Old Vic Theatre is located, from which he worked as an artistic between 2004 and 2015. was the director.

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