Something doesn't quite sound right about this:

KEVIN Spacey was attacked by a mugger in a London park, it was revealed yesterday.

The Hollywood star suffered a minor head injury.

Spacey, 44, walked into a nearby police station at 5am and told how the thief stole his mobile phone as he was walking his dog half an hour earlier.

But hours later he withdrew the allegation. The actor, who won Oscars for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, said he was assaulted near his home in Kennington, South London.

He was later treated in hospital. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “A man attended a police station at 5am on April 17 suffering a minor head injury to report the theft of a mobile.

“He later contacted police to withdraw the allegation.”

The park is close to the Old Vic theatre where Spacey — dogged by rumours about his sexuality — became artistic director a year ago.