Elton John has told Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial that the star went straight to a ball at his house after flying in on a private jet, then bought a Mini Cooper at the event and stayed the night.
The Goodbye Yellow Brick Road singer, who gave evidence via video link from Monaco, was called as a defence witness in the Oscar-winning actor's trial at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday.
Spacey, 63, standing trial under his full name, Kevin Spacey Fowler, denies 12 charges concerning four men, including sexual assault and indecent assault, which are alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013.
Prosecutor Christine Agnew KC asked Elton John and his husband David Furnish, who gave evidence just before him, about when the actor had attended a fundraising event at their home in Windsor in the UK.
Spacey is alleged to have made a man "almost come off the road" after the star allegedly grabbed him as he drove the actor to the lavish showbusiness party.
Spacey previously told jurors how he stored "the most expensive" Mini Cooper "ever" in Elton John's garage.
John said the actor attended the event in the early 2000s and stayed the night but said he could not remember him visiting the property after that.
John was asked if he had a recollection of Spacey at the event.
He replied: "Yes, because he arrived in white tie.
"He was on a flight, he came on a private jet and he came straight to the ball."
On whether Spacey came straight from the private jet, John added: "I assume so, yes."
Ms Agnew asked: "Do you remember that at that ball he bought a Mini?"
After John confirmed his recollection, she added: "And do you remember that that Mini was kept at your home for quite some time?"
John said: "That I don't remember, but it's possible because it was his car and he was going somewhere else.
"I have no recollection of it."
Asked if Spacey visited their home again after the ball, John said: "At the night that he attended the ball, he stayed overnight at our house."
Pressed again on whether Spacey had returned after the event, John replied: "I can't remember him coming after that, no."
John said he did not remember the arrangements for the Mini being moved from his house.
Spacey, wearing a grey suit, light blue shirt and a dark blue tie with white dots on it, watched from the dock during John's evidence.
Questioning Mr Furnish, the prosecutor said: "We've heard that on the occasion when Mr Spacey Fowler attended the ball he bought a Mini?"
Mr Furnish said the car was sold at the ball and "Kevin was the highest bidder".
On them subsequently storing the car for him, he added: "Yes because Kevin didn’t have a place of residence in the UK at that time and needed somewhere to store his car."
He added: "Other than attending the ball I have no memory of Kevin coming to the house ever again."
He said he did not recall how or when the Mini was collected but said Spacey probably sent someone to pick it up.
The defendant pleaded not guilty in January to three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
The two-time Academy Award winner also previously denied four further charges of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.
The trial continues.
Source: Press Association
