Here's what we know about Cuba Gooding Jr.'s sexual misconduct case.
was supposed to stand trial for allegedly groping a 29-year-old woman's breast at a bar in Times Square this past June. On Thursday,, Gooding reported for duty at the Manhattan Criminal Court, where he apparently sat for several minutes before learning that the trial would be: A new charged had been filed against the 51-year-old actor, elevating his case to the level of the State Supreme Court.
The specifics of the new charge were revealed on Tuesday, when Gooding was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the allegation that he had "pinched the buttocks" of a woman at a club in New York in October 2018, without her consent. But the real news revealed in the courtroom on Tuesday had much broader implications: The unsealed indictment alsowomen have made against Gooding. According to prosecutors, the women are also willing to testify against him in court.
At the moment, Gooding faces charges of third-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching, whose punishments aren't exactly severe. Still, Gooding's lawyer, Mark J. Heller, is far from pleased: According to the , Heller has described the charges as "a distorted overreaction pandering to the current hypersensitive climate where innocent commonplace gestures are now misperceived and mischaracterized as offensive."
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