Charges dropped in US sex assault case against Kevin Spacey

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Little has said he took a smartphone video of the incident, which he says took place when he was an 18-year-old busboy in the bar and restaurant. But the phone, which the defence wanted to examine, has disappeared, as confirmed by Little and his parents, who were also called to testify. A police officer said he returned the phone to the family after extracting all the information but admitted he neglected to ask for a receipt upon its return. The family said they never received it.

Little's mother Heather Unruh, a television news anchor known in the Boston area, admitted she had deleted some potentially embarrassing photos before giving the phone to police, but said she had not erased anything related to the alleged assault. Spacey insisted on his innocence of the charges, which would have carried a penalty of up to five years in prison.

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