Norwegian author Ari Behn, the ex-husband of Princess Märtha Louise and one of those accusing actor Kevin Spacey of sexual assault, has died in an apparent suicide, his family says. He was 47 years old.
"It is with great sadness in our hearts that we, the family of Ari Behn, must announce that he took his own life today," the family said in a statement to NTB on Wednesday night. The circumstances of his suicide were not immediately known.
Behn made international headlines in December 2017 when he accused actor Kevin Spacey of groping him after a Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2007. Behn said the two had been talking for about 5 minutes before Spacey put his hand under the table and touched him.
Behn's suicide comes just a day after Spacey re-emerged on social media with a video to mark Christmas, telling viewers in his 'House of Cards' character that it had been a "pretty good year." Spacey had previously been charged in the alleged groping of a young man at a bar in Massachusetts, but the charges were dropped on July 17. Another case in California was dropped after the accuser died.
This would be a lot less suspicious if Spacey hadn't just released a quasi-threatening video that seemed to gleefully reference his other accusers dying or dropping their case. I'd assume this was a coincidence, but after a whistleblower was killed by a hit and run and a victim who accused Spacey of sexual assault mysteriously died before his trial it starts looking fishy.