The judge in the Kevin Spacey case was unsure on Monday whether it will "continue or collapse" after the man accusing the actor of groping pleaded the fifth, CBS News reports.
Spacey is facing charges of indecent assault and battery over his alleged 2016 groping of a busboy in Nantucket. In a pre-trial hearing on Monday, Spacey's accuser was asked about the status of his cell phone, which he used to send text messages and video as Spacey allegedly groped him. The accuser's team has provided some text message exchanges but say they don't know where the phone is.
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