Kevin Spacey returns to public eye with Rome poetry reading  

Kevin Spacey has given his first public performance for almost two years, reading a poem about a boxer lamenting the loss of his once-glorious career, BBC News reports.

The actor has kept a low profile since sexual assault allegations emerged in 2017.

He resurfaced to recite the poem The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti in Rome.

It includes the lines: "The more you're wounded the greater you are. And the more empty you are. They used me for their entertainment, fed on shoddy stuff. Life was over in a moment."

The appearance at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme came less than three weeks after prosecutors in the US dropped a criminal case relating to charges of indecent assault and battery.

London's Metropolitan Police are still investigating six allegations of sexual assault in the UK between 1996 and 2013.

The double Oscar-winner delivered the nine-minute poem next to a Greek sculpture titled The Boxer at Rest at the Palazzo Massimo, which is part of Italy's National Roman Museum.