LONDON (AFP) - American actor Kevin Spacey has pleaded not guilty to seven new charges of sexual assault in Britain, after months of denying other similar charges.

The 63-year-old Hollywood star, who participated by video link in the Southwark Court hearing in London, is accused of sexually assaulting a man between 2001 and 2004, and his trial is scheduled to be held in June.

And the Royal Public Prosecution Office indicated last November that Spacey forced this person to "have a sexual relationship with him without his consent." And the Royal Department of Police authorized the addition of seven new charges to Spicey's already full file.

The two-time Oscar-winning actor (for “American Beauty” and “Youjewel Suspects”) is originally on trial in Britain on four counts of sexually assaulting three men between March 2005 and April 2013 when he was manager of a London theatre.

Spacey pleaded not guilty during a preliminary hearing related to the allegations in July. The trial in this case is scheduled for June 2023.

Spacey faces a total of 12 counts of sexually assaulting four men between 2001 and 2013.

The representative's trial, which is scheduled for next June and is supposed to last a month, will deal with all these issues. A procedural hearing is scheduled for 5 April.

Spacey also faced charges in the United States, and in October a New York court acquitted him of sexual harassment charges brought against him by actor Anthony Rapp over allegations that occurred 36 years ago during a Manhattan party. Rap was 14 years old at the time, while Spacey was 26.

Also, Spacey has been charged with indecent assault and sexual assault in Massachusetts, on the east coast of the United States. In July 2016, he was accused of sexually harassing an 18-year-old man working in a bar, after making him drink alcohol. These charges were dropped in July 2019.