Woman alleges Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at New York bar, actors says it ‘never happened’ | CityNews Calgary

A lady 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 a lady identified within the paperwork solely as Jane Doe alleges that Foxx rubbed her breasts and groped her below her pants towards her will.

The go well with says she and a buddy had 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 afterward, he started complimenting her “super model body” and instructed her she appeared just like the actor Gabrielle Union.

He then grabbed her by the arm and took her to a secluded space, the place he put each fingers below her crop high and felt her breasts, the fits says. She tried to tug away from Foxx as he reached into her pants along with his fingers and touched her genitals, the go well with additionally alleges.

When the lady’s buddy discovered them, he stopped and the ladies walked away, the go well with says.

A press release in response launched Thursday from a consultant for the 55-year-old Foxx mentioned the alleged incident by no means occurred.

“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 assertion mentioned.

The girl is searching for damages to be decided at trial, the go well with says.

The lawsuit was certainly one of many filed this week below a short lived New York regulation, the Adult Survivors Act, that permits grownup victims sue over alleged sexual assaults that beforehand would have been outdoors the statute of limitations. The regulation expired after Thursday.

The Associated Press doesn’t sometimes identify individuals who say they’ve been sexually abused except they arrive ahead publicly.

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