Los Angeles (USA), Nov 22 (EFE).- Cuba Gooding Jr. was sued this Wednesday by two women who claim to have been victims of sexual assault by the ‘Jerry Maguire’ actor in two independent events that occurred in 2018 and 2019.
The civil lawsuits were filed before the Supreme Court of New York under the ‘Adult Survivors Law’ of this state, which will expire this week and allows victims to sue their alleged sexual attackers even if the crimes have expired, according to specialized US media. US
This litigation comes months after Gooding Jr. reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit in which a woman accused him of raping her in a hotel in 2013.
One of the signatories of this Wednesday’s lawsuit, who preferred to keep her name anonymous, now accuses the Oscar-winning performer of having kissed her without her consent when she was a waitress at the LAVO restaurant in New York in 2018.
The actor had already pleaded guilty to a charge related to this incident last year, after three other women accused him of non-consensual touching.
For her part, Wednesday’s other plaintiff, who goes by the name Kelsey Harbert, alleges that Gooding Jr. touched her breast at the Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge (New York) after she sat at a table next to him. to the actor and his girlfriend.
According to court documents, Harbert then filed a police report and Gooding Jr. was arrested for the touching four days later. In this incident, the actor also pleaded guilty.
In addition, Harbert was going to testify against the actor during the trial in which he was accused of rape, but Gooding Jr. finally reached an agreement with the victim before the trial began.
The plaintiffs requested this Wednesday compensation of an amount not yet specified for the assault and subsequent injuries they suffered as a result of the actor’s alleged behavior.
Gooding Jr. has been accused of sexual abuse by dozens of women since the ‘Me Too’ movement was born in 2019.
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