Kevin Spacey has agreed an out-of-court settlement with three men who had sued the actor after accusing him of sexual assault.

The civil cases had been due to go to trial at the High Court later this year, but those proceedings have now been frozen following the settlement.

The men alleged that Spacey assaulted them between 2000 and 2013.

The Oscar winner, 66, denies all allegations of wrongdoing. He was separately cleared of nine sexual offence charges at a criminal trial in 2023.

Two of the men who accused the Oscar-winning star during the criminal trial also filed civil legal cases at the High Court.

One man, known only as LNP, alleged that Spacey deliberately assaulted him on about 12 occasions between 2000 and 2005.

Another, referred to as GHI, claims he met Spacey through a workshop at London's Old Vic theatre and alleges he suffered psychiatric damage and financial loss as a result of an assault in 2008.

Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic between 2004 and 2013.

The third man, Ruari Cannon, has waived his right to anonymity.

Cannon acted in Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic in 2013, alleging that Spacey groped him at a party after the show's press night.

Cannon participated in a Channel 4 documentary, Spacey Unmasked, in 2024, and stated that the allegation was ridiculous and it never happened.

The lawyers for the claimants previously indicated that evidence from seven other witnesses alleging similar abusive behaviour should be heard when the case came to trial. It was also revealed that Cannon had reached a settlement with the Old Vic.

No details of the settlements between Spacey and his accusers have been disclosed.