Sex crimes charges against Kevin Spacey dropped

Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at district court on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Nantucket, Mass., to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery. The Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the teenage son of a former Boston TV anchor
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- Prosecutors have dropped the sex crimes charges against Kevin Spacey. 

The Cape and Islands district attorney said Wednesday that they dropped the indecent assault and battery case brought against the actor last year.Spacey was accused of getting an 18-year-old man drunk and then groping him at a Nantucket restaurant and bar where the teen worked as a busboy.Spacey denied the allegations.The case was hobbled after Spacey's accuser invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify about text messages the defense claims were deleted.The accuser had been ordered to testify about a cellphone he used the night of the alleged assault. He was supposed to turn it over to the defense but said it was missing.

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