Elton John and his husband David Furnish have been referred to as as witnesses for the defence throughout Kevin Spacey’s ongoing intercourse offence trial on Monday.
The Rocket Man singer and his producer associate appeared individually in Southwark Crown Courtroom through video hyperlink from a boardroom in Monaco. They have been requested questions regarding one of many actor’s accusers, who claimed that Spacey grabbed him by the crotch when he was driving the actor to John and Furnish’s White Tie & Tiara Ball in 2004 or 2005.
Based on The Related Press, Furnish supported Spacey’s testimony by stating that he solely ever attended the occasion, which raised funds for the Elton John AIDS Basis, in 2001.
He testified that he had gone by the photograph archives and will solely discover footage of the Oscar-winning actor that yr. He insisted it was not potential for superstar company to attend with out being snapped.
“It by no means occurred,” Furnish said. “It was understood that we have been selling a charity that includes the eradication of stigma across the illness and if a star wished to return they might be photographed and seem in OK (journal).”
Furnish confirmed that he recognised the alleged sufferer and added, “He was just a little bit cheeky, he all the time had a cheeky smile on his face. You might all the time interact in playful banter with him.”
John testified that he didn’t recognise the accuser’s title or face and that he assumed Spacey had come straight to the ball, the place he “arrived in white tie”, from his non-public jet.
He instructed the courtroom that the American Magnificence star stayed over at their house in Windsor after the occasion however by no means on some other event. Nevertheless, the Mini Cooper Spacey purchased through the charity public sale remained in storage there for a while.
Spacey has pleaded not responsible to 12 expenses of sexual assault, indecent assault and inflicting an individual to have interaction in sexual exercise with out consent. The counts relate to 4 males and alleged incidents which occurred between 2001 and 2013.
The trial continues.
