An MP has been charged with sexual assault over alleged incidents at London’s Groucho Club in 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, was charged with two counts of sexual assault against two separate women, said the CPS.
Frank Ferguson, the head of the CPS’s special crime and counter-terrorism division, said: “Following a review of the evidence provided by the Metropolitan police service, we have authorised two counts of sexual assault against Patrick Spencer MP.
“The charges follow two alleged incidents involving two separate women at the Groucho Club in central London in August 2023.”
He added: “The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against this defendant are now active and that he has the right to a fair trial.
“It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”
The Met said Spencer, who became a Conservative MP for the first time in the 2024 general election, would appear at Westminster magistrates court on 16 June. It added that a man attended a voluntary interview at a London police station on 13 March. Spencer was elected with a majority of 4,290.
A Conservative party spokesperson said Spencer had been suspended by the party and had the whip withdrawn with immediate effect.
