Jamie Foxx has issued a denial after a lawsuit was filed this week with the New York State Supreme Courtroom accusing him of sexual assault and battery.
“The alleged incident by no means occurred. In 2020, this particular person filed an almost an identical lawsuit in Brooklyn. That case was dismissed shortly thereafter,” a spokesperson for Foxx mentioned in a press release obtained by a number of US media retailers together with Deadline
“The claims are not any extra viable in the present day than they had 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 towards this individual and her attorneys for re-filing this frivolous motion.”
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The alleged incident occurred in 2015 at Catch NYC, a well-liked New York Metropolis restaurant, in accordance with the criticism obtained by CNN.
The plaintiff, recognized as Jane Doe, claims within the go well with that Foxx “deliberately and with out consent used power to offensively contact Plaintiff’s individual,” together with groping her breasts and genitals.
The criticism alleges Foxx appeared “intoxicated” on the time of the incident.
Consequently, the criticism states the girl suffered and continues to undergo “bodily and emotional accidents, nervousness, misery, embarrassment and financial hurt,” and is looking for an unspecified quantity in damages.
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The plaintiff can also be suing the restaurant’s mother or father firm, Catch Hospitality Group, and varied associated enterprise entities as defendants for negligent hiring, coaching and supervision.
A consultant for the corporate was not instantly accessible for remark.
The lawsuit was filed beneath the New York’s Grownup Survivors Act, which went into impact in late November 2022 and permits grownup survivors of sexual abuse to sue their abusers in New York – even when the statute of limitations on their claims had expired.
The regulation has given grownup survivors of sexual assault one 12 months to file lawsuits towards their alleged perpetrators and is ready to run out on Friday (Saturday in Australia).
In the event you or somebody is impacted by sexual assault, home or household violence, name 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or go to their web site.
In an emergency, name 000.