engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of engaging in penetrative activity without consent. he has now been found not guilty of all of those charges, rahel. this will, of course, be welcomed by kevin spacey and his lawyers. he has said throughout this trial that he welcomes his day in court. he welcomes the in 2000 and 2010, a period in which kevin spacey was the artistic director of the old vick theater here in london. the prosecutor, of course, bringing forward these accusations of the young men who at the time were in their 20s and 30s described spacey as a sexual bully saying he delighted in making others feel powerless. of course, kevin spacey hit back in court, yes, i was a big flirt and a promiscuous person and
physical evidence there. it really became a matter of he said-he said in court with the prosecutor trying to paint the picture of a powerful actor in a great position of influence. of course, kevin spacey, as the artistic director of the old victor of the old vick, rather, who tried to take advantage of that position, and kevin spacey and his lawyers hit back and said that was absolutely not the case. yes, he was a flirtatious person and yes, he was a person engaged in the youth scene in london, but he never, as he says, never engaged in anything untoward with these men. that conclusion coming down and that verdict coming down moments ago. salma abdelaziz, we so appreciate you bringing it out to us. john? at this moment hunter biden is inside a federal courthouse where he is expected to plead guilty to two federal tax misdemeanors. he arrived a short time ago. biden will plead guilty for not paying taxes on time and a
sexual assault. they include indecent assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. they take place these incidents allegedly between 2001 and 2013. when he was artistic director here. exactly. so why is he facing these charges here in london? he was the artistic director of the old vick theater between 2004 and 2015. so in those years he had a prominent role in london. he considered london to be his home. and four separate men say that he took advantage of his position that again as artistic director of the old vick. there were separate battery charges in the united states that he was dismissed of last year, found innocent of last year. so i guess he is emboldened by that. he was speaking to a german publication a few weeks ago claiming that hollywood was
even more allegations. tell us about this. yes. so more explosive allegations against kevin spacey this week. the old vick theater, a very famous playhouse in london where spacey was at artistic director for over a decade decided to launch their own internal investigation. they hired an external law firm and found there were 20 allegations of sexual misconduct by kevin spacey. they don t go in to say what exactly happened but only one of those incidents was reported to the theater during that time. they said they re absolutely shocked, they re appalled and they re taking the necessary steps to provide counselors and make sure things like this don t happen again. they ve condemned kevin spacey s time there. kevin spacey has not responded to the old vick theater accusations, nor the house of card and cnn report that we put out there. nothing. we haven t heard anything from him. silence.