spacey's then 18-year-old accuser. spacey breaking his silence this week with a bizarre video portraying his character from the tv show "house of cards." a warning, some of the language is graphic in this next story. here's abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, we learn that days before kevin spacey ended his year of silence with this cryptic video -- >> and my confidence grows each day that soon enough, you will know the full truth. >> reporter: his attorneys argued in a massachusetts court that there wasn't enough evidence for the former "house of cards" star to be charged with indecent assault on an 18-year-old man. abc news has obtained a recording of that hearing. spacey's attorney, alan jackson, questioning the officer who took the testimony of the accuser, who claims that spacey groped him in a bar in 2016. >> if we were to stand and count off three minutes, you would agree, trooper, that's an incredibly long time to have a strange man's hands in your pants, correct?