Actor Kevin Spacey's upcoming civil cases in the High Court have been frozen after the 66-year-old Usual Suspects star reached an out of court settlement with three men who had sued the actor after accusing him of sexual assault. The men allege Spacey assaulted them between 2000 and 2013. The cases had been listed for trial later this year. No details of the settlements have been revealed.

One of the trio, who has been granted anonymity by the court, previously took an action against Spacey in 2022, but the case was put on hold during as the star faced a criminal trial. The man, claimed the alleged sexual assault took place in August 2008 and he "suffered psychiatric damage and other financial loss" as a result of it. Another man alleged that Spacey assaulted him 12 times between 2000 and 2005. The third man, Ruari Cannon, had waived his right to anonymity and detailed his allegations in the 2024 Channel 4 docuseries "Spacey Unmasked." He alleged that Spacey groped him at a party in 2013 while he was starring in a play at the Old Vic. At the time Spacey was the artistic director of the theatre.

The last time the Hollywood star appeared in UK courts was July 2023 when he was on trial at Southwark Crown Court in London accused of sexually assaulting four men between 2001 and 2013.

After 12 hours and 26 minutes, the jury acquitted him of seven counts of sexual assault, one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

Jurors rejected the prosecution’s claims that Spacey had “aggressively” grabbed three men by the crotch and had performed a sex act on another man while he was asleep in his flat.

Under questioning from Spacey’s lawyer, Patrick Gibbs KC, the complainants all denied either seeking financial gain, attempting to further their career or giving false accounts to the jury. During that trial, one complainant alleged the actor “aggressively” grabbed his crotch while he drove him to a lavish showbiz party hosted by Sir Elton John in the early 2000s.

Jurors were told Spacey allegedly grabbed another man’s crotch “like a cobra” after meeting him at a West End theatre in the mid-2000s following an alleged “barrage of vile comments”. The defendant was also accused of having had a “panicked” look on his face after a third man rejected an alleged sexual grab at an expensive property he was staying at in the Cotswolds in the early 2010s.

An aspiring actor told the court of an alleged incident in the late 2000s where “things went further” – claiming he woke up to find Spacey performing a sex act on him.

A number of famous names were mentioned during the trial, with Rocket Man singer Sir Elton John even being called as a defence witness.

The star has always completely denied the allegations against him referring to them as "madness" and a "stab in the back".