NEW YORK – A girl has alleged in a lawsuit that actor, singer and comic Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015, an incident the actor says “never happened.”
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan by means of a girl identified within the paperwork simplest as Jane Doe alleges that Foxx rubbed her breasts and groped her beneath her pants towards her will.
The go well with says she and a pal have been seated at a desk subsequent to Foxx’s at Catch NYC in 2015. The girl’s requested Foxx for a photograph, and the 2 girls took a number of footage with him, the go well with says. It says that in a while, he started complimenting her “super model body” and advised her she gave the impression of the actor Gabrielle Union.
He then grabbed her by means of the arm and took her to a secluded space, the place he put each fingers beneath her crop best and felt her breasts, the fits says. She attempted to drag clear of Foxx as he reached into her pants along with his fingers and touched her genitals, the go well with additionally alleges.
When the girl’s good friend discovered them, he stopped and the ladies walked away, the go well with says.
A commentary in reaction launched Thursday from a consultant for the 55-year-old Foxx stated the alleged incident by no means took place.
“In 2020, this individual filed a nearly identical lawsuit in Brooklyn. That case was dismissed shortly thereafter. The claims are no more viable today than they were then. We are confident they will be dismissed again. And once they are, Mr. Foxx intends to pursue a claim for malicious prosecution against this person and her attorneys for re-filing this frivolous action,” the commentary stated.
The girl is looking for damages to be decided at trial, the go well with says.
The lawsuit was once one of many filed this week beneath a brief New York regulation, the Adult Survivors Act, that permits grownup sufferers sue over alleged sexual assaults that in the past would had been outdoor the statute of boundaries. The law expired after Thursday.
The Associated Press does no longer usually identify individuals who say they have got been sexually abused until they arrive ahead publicly.