During the trial, prosecutors described the actor as a 'sexual bully' who had aggressively groped three of the men and performed oral sex on the fourth while he had passed out in Spacey's London apartment.

The offences allegedly took place at a time when he was mainly living and working in Britain, including from 2003 as artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.

Spacey is on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of a dozen allegations of historic sex offences committed against four men, then aged in their 20s and 30s, which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.