Cuba Gooding Jr. Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual-Misconduct Charges
By
Victoria Bekiempis
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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a four-count misdemeanor indictment charging him with inappropriate conduct involving two women. Prosecutors revealed in court that they want to use allegations from another 12 accusers against him.
Gooding is not charged in relation to these other 12 accusers, and a judge will decide later whether prosecutors can use their allegations in court.
Gooding’s court appearance today came several days after his groping case
took a more serious turn.
The actor first landed in
legal hot water this June, for allegedly grabbing a woman’s breast at the Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge at the Moxy NYC Times Square hotel.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charged Gooding with two misdemeanor counts in relation to this alleged incident: sexual abuse in the third degree and forcible touching. He pleaded not guilty to these charges.
But prosecutors revealed in court last week that he had been indicted on Wednesday — and that this indictment included an “additional incident.”
Gooding was escorted into the courtroom in handcuffs.