A Channel 4 documentary exposing allegations against Kevin Spacey WILL air despite fightback from the star

A TV documentary exposing fresh allegations against Kevin Spacey will air tonight despite an astonishing backlash from the embattled actor.

The programme titled Spacey Unmasked features the testimonies of ten men who accuse the fallen Hollywood star of unwanted sexual behaviours spanning almost 40 years.

It will air on Channel 4 tonight despite the two-time Oscar winner breaking his silence to publically issue a series of vehement denials of the latest wave of accusations.

Spacey, 64, was acquitted of nine sexual offences charges in a case involving four men at Southwark Crown Court last year.

He also won a US civil lawsuit in 2022 after being accused of an unwanted sexual advance in 1986.

Tonight's two-part documentary is understood to feature fresh claims from new 'complainants' - including three British men - who were not involved in the previous legal proceedings.

Launching a fight-back against the slew of allegations over the weekend, Spacey took part in a 95minute interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton which was posted on X.

Declaring that he will 'no longer be speechless' in the face of the allegations, the former artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre denied any illegal conduct or abusing his position.

'I take full responsibility for my past behaviour and my actions, but I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologise to anyone who's made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me.

'I've never told someone that if they give me sexual favours, then I will help them out with their career, never,' he said.

He admitting he may have 'hooked up' with young actors or made a 'clumsy pass at someone who wasn't interested' but said he had never committed any crimes.

'That may not have been the best decision and it is not one that I would do today, but it happened.

'It wasn't illegal, and nor has it ever been alleged to have been illegal,' he said as he addressed the claims publically for the first time on Friday night.

'I can't go through this again, allowing myself to be baselessly attacked without defending myself,' he said in the emotionally charged interview entitled 'Kevin Spacey: Right Of Reply'.

The US star also claimed on X that his repeated requests to Channel 4 to give him more than seven days to respond to the allegations made about him had been refused.

Despite his rebuttal, the documentary is set to be aired as scheduled on Channel 4 in two parts with the first broadcast tonight at 9pm.

'We're going ahead,' Dorothy Byrne, one of the producers of the programme, said as she revealed she hopes it will prompt a #MeToo movement for men.

'I've made a lot of programmes over decades about women suffering inappropriate behaviour, so this has been a very interesting project to work on.

'I do feel that it's a #MeToo moment for men. Lots of things that were done to women 50 years ago are still being done to men, many of whom feel that they have to put up with it,' she told the Observer.

The new documentary features allegations that Spacey groped a 21-year-old man, pleasured himself in front of an aspiring actor, pushed his groin into the face of an employee and that he placed his hand on the genitals of a fellow actor on the House of Cards set.

The actor, who methodically denied the allegations in his interview, also posted an email on X that he suggested showed how one of the accusers, who alleged misconduct in the 1990s, was still 'chasing' him for a role in one of his films in 2011.