Elton John has been seen at a cocktail party with Kevin Spacey, one month after giving testimony within the actor’s sexual assault trial.
In a video uploaded by a band named The Snugglers on Instagram on Wednesday (August 16), the pair are seen alongside John’s husband David Furnish having dinner at restaurant La Petite Maison in Good, France.
The band, who carried out Elvis Presley’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ for the bash, wrote within the caption: “We had the prospect to carry out for these absolute legends: Sir @eltonjohn & @kevinspacey ! On this clip sir Elton is singing with us. Feeling blessed.”
Final month (July 26), Spacey was cleared of 9 sexual offence costs in London after a four-week trial, together with seven counts of sexual assault, one depend of inflicting an individual to interact in sexual exercise with out consent, and one depend of inflicting an individual to interact in penetrative sexual exercise.
The actor was accused of the costs by 4 males, in incidents alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.
John and Furnish each offered proof within the trial, the place they shared recollections round a 2001 get together hosted by them on the latter’s residence in Windsor. In testimony through video hyperlink, John stated Spacey had attended the annual White Tie and Tiara Ball in 2001, however not some other yr.
One in every of Spacey’s alleged victims claimed he was sexually assaulted by the actor on the way in which to the ball in 2002, which Spacey denied attending (through BBC).
In Furnish’s testimony, he remembered Spacey attending the ball in 2001, saying “as an Oscar-winning actor, there was numerous pleasure he was on the ball”.
Forward of the trial, Spacey denied all the costs and described the prosecution’s case in opposition to him as “weak”.
Spacey will make his appearing comeback in upcoming thriller Management, the place he gives the voice of the primary antagonist. The movie is scheduled to be launched later this yr.
