Kevin Spacey's lawyers claim the accuser deleted 'important text messages' in Nantucket Assault Case

In the latest update of Kevin Spacey's case, the lawyers of the actor claim that the accuse deleted important text messages that could have proved pivotal in the case to disapprove the allegations against him. As known, a man accused Kevin Spacey of inappropriately groping him at the Nantucket Bar.

In fact, Spacey's lawyers also alleged on Friday that prosecutors lied about being in possession of the accuser's phone and held back the evidence from it.

And the defense filings raised concerns that the sister of a top official in the prosecutor’s office is close friends with the alleged victim’s mother, former WCVB-TV news anchor Heather Unruh.

The lawyers asked the judge to order prosecutors at the Cape & Islands district attorney’s office to turn over “a complete and unaltered forensic copy” of the alleged victim’s cellphone as well as any written communications about the case by the official, whose sister is friends with Unruh.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, so I’m not going to comment on it,” O’Keefe said by phone. “That’s why we have hearings in court. . . . Let’s let that process play itself out.”

“If the defendant wasn’t who he is, no one would care about this case,” O’Keefe added.

O’Keefe was aware of the relationship that the sister of an official in his office has with Unruh but said that came to light only weeks ago, and “as soon as we learned of that, we sent every bit of information we knew to the defense.”

Spacey faces a felony charge of indecent assault and battery stemming from a July 2016 encounter with Unruh’s then-18-year-old son at the island’s Club Car bar.

At an arraignment in January that drew widespread media attention, Spacey pleaded not guilty.