Kevin Spacey to get charity award at Cannes
A New York court dismissed a $40 million civil sexual misconduct lawsuit against the Usual Suspects star in 2022.
But earlier this month new claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour against men emerged in a British television documentary, Spacey Unmasked.
In it, 10 men not involved in the UK court case involving Spacey accuse him of behaving inappropriately towards them.
The 65-year-old, whose stellar career was derailed by the earlier claims, denied any wrongdoing.
Spacey was last on the red carpet at Cannes in 2016.
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