Prosecutors rested their sexual assault case against in a London courtroom Wednesday after four men testified in the past two weeks that the Oscar winner preyed on them.

Prosecutors read jurors statements Spacey gave investigators denying that he aggressively grabbed three men by the crotch and performed a nonconsensual sex act on a fourth.

The defense is scheduled to begin presenting its case Thursday in Southwark Crown Court. The stakes are high, with Spacey facing a possible prison term if convicted.

The 63-year-old American actor that include sexual and indecent assault counts and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

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None of the alleged victims knew each other but each testified that they went to police after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct in the U.S. in 2017 as the #MeToo movement gained momentum.

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A fourth man who had gone out for a night of heavy drinking with the actor said Spacey later gave him an awkward hug and .

Spacey denied doing anything nonconsensual and said he didn含羞草研究社檛 remember meeting two of the men.

Spacey told police last year that the fourth man who came forward had 含羞草研究社渞eimagined含羞草研究社� their time together and concocted false allegations.

Defense lawyer Patrick Gibbs suggested the men were motivated by money. Several of them have filed lawsuits against the star and one testified that an American lawyer had said he could win him $10 million.

Gibbs , that one of the men had obstructed the investigation by resisting efforts to let officers view phone data and social media accounts and that some of the men were later ashamed of what they含羞草研究社檇 consensually done with Spacey.

Spacey, who owns homes in London and the U.S., is free on unconditional bail.

Brian Melley, The Associated Press

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