Kevin Spacey honoured for ‘artistic brilliance’ at Cannes fringe event amid fresh misconduct claims

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Kevin Spacey will receive a lifetime achievement award at a Cannes Film Festival charity gala, despite recent sexual misconduct allegations. The Better World Fund will honor him for his "decades of artistic brilliance." Spacey was acquitted of nine sexual offense charges in the UK last year and a US civil lawsuit was dismissed in 2022. However, a new documentary features further allegations. His last Cannes appearance was in 2016.