Spacey kissed accuser's neck and said 'be cool', court hears

Kevin's Spacey's trial has ended for the day. Here's what the court heard:

• The session began with a former girlfriend of the first complainant who said her former boyfriend had told her Spacey had behaved “inappropriately and put his hand on his leg on occasions and also grabbed his crotch”

• The second witness called was also a former girlfriend of the first complainant. She told the court she remembered her former boyfriend telling her that Spacey “touched his knee, put his hand on his knee”

• The third witness, the brother of complainant one, told the court that his brother said Spacey grabbed his testicles “so hard”

• Finally, the jury watched a recording of a police interview with a second complainant. Spacey denies one charge of sexual assault in relation to this man
• In the recording, the complainant told police Spacey kissed down his neck twice and grabbed his crotch. He claimed in the police interview that during the alleged incident Spacey said the words "be cool, be cool’"

• Kevin Spacey denies 12 charges in the case. The trial resumes tomorrow

Here's the moment this morning when Kevin Spacey arrived at Southwark Crown Court.

Spacey, and his entourage, briefly smiled and nodded to the waiting photographers before entering the building.

It’s worth remembering that the complainants in this case have a legal right to lifelong anonymity.

That's because they are alleged victims of a sexual offence, which means by law their names cannot be published.

We also need to ensure that the information we tell you does not lead to jigsaw identification.

That's when bits of information when pieced together can lead to someone being identified.

It means there may be some details we need to leave out from our reporting because of this.

The video recording of the police interview with the complainant has now finished.

The judge says cross-examination of the man will happen tomorrow via a video link.

It means the complainant won’t be giving evidence in courtroom one, as the first complainant jurors heard from did.

The judge has asked the jury to return tomorrow at 10:30 BST.

The complainant tells the detective that he went to work the morning after the alleged incident.

He recalls being told that Spacey had turned up at the pub where he was working.

The man says he asked his colleague to tell the actor, who’d asked for the man by name, that he was busy.

He says Spacey then left.

When asked by the detective how the alleged incident made him feel, the man replied: "It was unwanted. It shook me up.”

The complainant continues by saying that Spacey had “immediate panic on his face”.

The accuser says he then stood “momentarily for a couple of seconds almost in disbelief that that happened”.

The man recalls leaving the property and ringing his father in a “bit of a panicky state”.

He tells the detective he remembers thinking his father wouldn’t believe him because it was April Fool's Day.

The complainant is now telling the detective what he alleges Spacey did to him.

“It was at that point that he kissed down my neck twice and grabbed my crotch and said the words ‘be cool, be cool’," he says in the interview with police.

The accuser tells the officer that he then put his arms between himself and Spacey before pushing the actor against a wall and saying: “I’m sorry man, I don’t bat for that team.”

The accuser tells the officer while he was looking for a coat in one of the cupboards, he remembers a “little dog” shooting out between his legs.

The man says he turned round, picked up the dog and put the animal back in the room.

“At which point I turned around Kevin was about five yards away,” says the man.

He says he apologised to Spacey for letting his dog out and recalls Spacey coming towards him in a “huggy motion”.

“At which point we did an awkward man hug,” adds the accuser.

The complainant goes on to tell the detective that he and others went back to where Spacey was staying after the pub for some drinks.

He recalls asking the actor if he could smoke inside.

He tells the officer that Spacey said he couldn’t, but could get a coat and go outside.

Spacey is listening intently to the second complainant giving evidence, frequently leaning right forward in his chair watching the video recording on the screen on the wall of the courtroom.

He is not reacting or showing any emotion.

He is holding a pen and occasionally makes notes on a pad in front of him.

The jury, sitting in two rows to the right of Spacey and opposite where we are sitting in the press benches of the courtroom, is also listening closely and occasionally taking notes.

The complainant continues in the police interview and says he later told Spacey that there were “very limited” things to do in the area where they were and that he was meeting some friends at another pub after he finished work.

Speaking to the detective, the man says Spacey replied with “cool I might see you down there”.

When the man got to the other pub he says he heard an American accent calling his name and looked up to see Spacey.

A reminder that jurors are being played a recording of a police interview with the second complainant.

They are watching the video on one of a number of screens in the courtroom.

The second complainant the jury is hearing from now, in a recording of a police interview, tells a detective about the time he first met Spacey.

The accuser says he was working in a pub at the time when the American actor came in with a small dog.

He says Spacey sat by the sofa area and introduced himself.

“He asked for a hot chocolate,” the complainant tells a detective.

Spacey is accused of one charge of sexual assalt in relation to this complainant, which the actor denies.

The jury is now watching a recording of a police interview with the second complainant.

He is the second of four men who have accused Spacey of sexual offence charges.

Spacey denies the allegations.

In the man’s evidence, he goes on to tells jurors that he and his brother [complainant one] didn’t really speak about how he felt about the alleged incident involving Spacey.

“We just moved on. We were very much younger at the time and things were very different in society to be honest...I would probably handle it differently now," he says.

Prosecutor Christine Agnew KC asks the witness if his brother told him if he consented to what allegedly had happened with Spacey.

“Under no circumstances no,” the witness replies.

“Because he [complainant one] wouldn’t be interested in that. There’s no way.”

The brother of the first complainant tells the jury he remembers being told about an alleged incident involving Spacey.

The witness says the conversation between him and his brother “most likely” happened in the pub about 20 years ago.

He tells the jury his brother said Spacey grabbed his [complainant one's] testicles “so hard” and that he told the actor that if he ever did it again he would knock him out.

The witness also tells the jury he remembers a few other occasions when his brother told him Spacey touched the complainant's “backside”.

The jury has returned to the courtroom and the prosecution has now called the third witness of the day.

We are not naming him because it could lead to jigsaw identification of complainant one.

The man is in the witness box and confirms to the jury that he is the brother of the first complainant - one of the four of Spacey’s accusers.

While going through the timetable for today, the judge tells jurors they’re going to have an early finish today.

“We are making good progress with the case,” says Justice Wall.

He also tells jurors that legal teams are “quite confident, barring anything unforeseen” that they will finish the trial well within the planned timetable.

The judge tells the jury to “try and enjoy it” if they get to finish early on some days.

While there's a brief break in court, we can bring you more now from the second witness we've just heard from.

Spacey’s barrister had been picking up on that change in the relationship between the complainant and his other former partner.

She said she was “very confused” by the complainant’s change in behaviour and said she “thought I had done something wrong”.

“He was just not communicating with me how he felt.”

Spacey’s defence barrister Patrick Gibbs KC asked about a film premiere and after party she had been to with the complainant and Spacey.

He asked whether the complainant and Spacey appeared to be getting on well.

“Yes,” she said.