Jamie Foxx was sued on Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a patron at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015.
The lady, recognized within the go well with as Jane Doe, alleges that Foxx took her to a secluded nook of the Catch NYC rooftop lounge, rubbed her breasts and groped her underneath her pants in opposition to her will.
In keeping with the go well with, the girl and a good friend have been seated at a desk subsequent to Foxx and Mark Birnbaum, the proprietor of the bar. At round 1 a.m., the girl’s good friend obtained up and requested Foxx for a photograph.
Foxx agreed, they usually took a number of images. Foxx started complimenting the plaintiff, in response to the go well with, saying “Wow, you’ve got that tremendous mannequin physique” and “You scent so good.” The go well with additionally states that he stated she seemed like Gabrielle Union.
She alleges that he then took her by the arm and led her to a extra secluded a part of the rooftop, the place he groped her breasts beneath her crop high. The go well with states that she was caught off guard and tried to step away, however that Foxx then caught his palms down her pants and “put his fingers on and in Plaintiff’s vagina and anus.”
The go well with alleges {that a} safety guard witnessed the groping however didn’t intervene. The lady’s good friend then got here and located her, and Foxx stopped touching her and walked away.
“The alleged incident by no means occurred,” a spokesperson for Foxx stated in a press release. “In 2020, this particular person filed a virtually an identical lawsuit in Brooklyn. That case was dismissed shortly thereafter. The claims aren’t any extra viable at this time than they have been then. We’re assured they are going to be dismissed once more. And as soon as they’re, Mr. Foxx intends to pursue a declare for malicious prosecution in opposition to this individual and her attorneys for re-filing this frivolous motion.”
The lawsuit seeks compensation for ache, struggling, emotional misery, anxiousness and humiliation. It alleges that the girl was sore and needed to search medical therapy on account of the assault.
The lawsuit additionally names Birnbaum and Catch NYC as defendants, alleging that they enabled the assault and didn’t adequately supervise their workers.
The go well with is one in every of many filed underneath New York’s Grownup Survivors Act, which opened a one-year window to file sexual abuse claims that may in any other case be barred by the statute of limitations. The deadline to file such claims is Thursday.
