Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016 after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defense says contains information supporting the actor's claims of innocence. Spacey denies groping the man, whose mother first went public with the allegations in 2017. The judge then questioned how prosecutors would be able to bring Spacey to trial if the accuser continued to refuse to testify, and prosecutors told the judge they needed time to decide how to proceed. Prosecutors said they could further pursue the case and grant the accuser immunity but then they would need more than his uncorroborated testimony. The man said he fled when Spacey went to the bathroom.

Source: ABC News July 17, 2019 20:36 UTC