Spacey spoke to confirm his name during Thursday’s brief procedural hearing, and a judge set a date of July 14 for his next hearing. Spacey’s lawyer told the court he “strenuously denies” all allegations of criminality.
He was granted unconditional bail after his lawyer told the court he would need to return to the United States between court dates.
The “House of Cards” actor, 62, was also charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent last month.
The charges relate to two alleged incidents in London in 2005, another two in 2008, and a further incident in Gloucestershire, western England, in 2013.
The alleged victim of the 2005 incidents is now in his 40s, while the two men allegedly involved in the 2008 and 2013 incidents are now in their 30s, London’s Metropolitan Police said.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service authorized the charges against Spacey in late May, but the charges could not be formally applied until Monday, when he was in the United Kingdom.
Spacey has won two Academy Awards for his roles in “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty,” and was artistic director of London’s Old Vic theater from 2003 to 2015.
He has also starred in the Netflix political series “House of Cards,” and returned to acting in the past year.
