Judge denies Kevin Spacey's request to skip hearing in sexual assault case

The 59-year-old actor is accused of groping a young man at a Massachusetts bar in 2016Kevin Spacey must turn up at a forthcoming court hearing in Massachusetts, a judge ruled on Monday, after the actor requested that he be allowed to avoid appearing in person when he faces criminal charges that he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old man at a bar in 2016.Spacey had submitted a statement to Nantucket district court that his presence at a hearing scheduled for 7 January, on accusations that he groped