Channel 4 will broadcast two part series Spacey Unmasked from Monday night, which we can reveal features ten men who were involved in a sequence of events with Spacey

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey has insisted he is “being attacked” and will hit back this weekend – as he prepared for a wave of new allegations about his behaviour in a bombshell new documentary series.

Channel 4 will broadcast two part series Spacey Unmasked from Monday night, which we can reveal features ten men who were involved in a sequence of events with Spacey, nine of whom have never previously been named.

The stories are from over five decades involving men both straight and gay, with many alleging on camera there were situations instigated by Spacey which made them uncomfortable. The two-time Oscar winner has vehemently denied all previous allegations of sexual assault and was found not guilty over allegations by four men in an English court.

He insists he has not been given enough time to respond to the documentary fully and said pointedly on social media on Thursday: “Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated.”

The Mirror has seen the film, which speaks to actors who met Spacey on set and at parties in both the UK and America. All ten of them suggest his behaviour was inappropriate in some way.

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Kevin Spacey responded to Channel 4 on Friday afternoon. He said that he had been provided with insufficient time and detail to respond to the testimonies in this film. He said: “I have consistently denied – and now successfully defended – numerous allegations made both in the US and the UK, both criminal and civil, and each time have been able to source evidence undermining the allegations and have been believed by a jury of my peers.”

Through his lawyers Spacey also said that he has been publicly exonerated and has been acquitted of every criminal charge against him in the US and the UK.

He denies engaging in any sexual harassment or other wrongful conduct in connection with House of Cards. He acknowledged that he “participated in a pervasive on-set culture that was filled with sexual innuendos, jokes, and innocent horseplay, but never sexually harassed anyone.”

On Thursday night Spacey also took to X, formerly Twitter, to say he had been given seven days to respond to allegations by Channel 4 and it was not enough time. He insisted he would have his say soon. He said: “Over the last week, I have repeatedly requested that Channel 4 afford me more than 7 days to respond to allegations made against me dating back 48 years and provide me with sufficient details to investigate these matters.

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“Channel 4 has refused on the basis that they feel that asking for a response in 7 days to new, anonymized and non-specific allegations is a ‘fair opportunity’ for me to refute any allegations made against me. I will not sit back and be attacked by a dying network’s one-sided ‘documentary’ about me in their desperate attempt for ratings.

“There’s a proper channel to handle allegations against me and it’s not Channel 4. Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated. Tune in this weekend to see my response on X.”

Spacey wept in court last July as he was cleared of all charges in his sexual assault trial in London. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court returned not guilty verdicts for nine sexual offence charges relating to four men between 2001 and 2013.

Giving evidence himself, Spacey told the court he had developed a “flirtatious” relationship over time with one accuser, and that he touched the man in “romantic” and “intimate” ways. “Yeah, I am a big flirt,” he had told the court.

Speaking about touching the man, he continued: “It did not happen in a violent, aggressive, painful way. It was gentle… and it was, in my mind, romantic.”

In Spacey Unmasked, several female production staff from House Of Cards also recall their memories of working on that show, which was cancelled a season after allegations were made against Spacey.

In December last year he took credit for putting Netflix “on the map” through his award winning portrayal of Francis Underwood in drama House Of Cards and criticised the streaming platform for firing him from the show over claims of assault, some of which resulted in an acquittal during a trial in the UK.

He told Tucker Carlson on X, formerly twitter: “I don’t think there’s any question Netflix exists because of me. I put them on the map, and they tried to put me in the ground.”

Carlson, who this year was fired himself from hosting a show at the politically conservative Fox News network, said to Spacey: “They actually tried to kill you.”

“Yes,” Spacey replied. “But, here we are, Tucker – bigger than ever.”

In November 2017, London’s Old Vic Theatre, where Spacey served as artistic director from 2004 to 2015, announced that a hotline it set up to facilitate its investigation into Spacey had received 20 allegations of “a range of inappropriate behaviour,” all concerning young men over the age of 18.

*Spacey Unmasked is on Channel 4 on Monday and Tuesday at 9pm.