Cuba Gooding Jr. faces February trial in NYC groping case

NEW YORK (AP) — A justice says Cuba Gooding Jr. volition spell connected proceedings successful February successful his New York City groping case.

Prosecutors are expected to represent the histrion arsenic a serial offender, and the defence to contend the lawsuit is an illustration of Me Too tally amok.

A justice connected Monday acceptable a Feb. 1 proceedings day successful the case.

It involves allegations the Oscar-winning "Jerry Maguire" prima violated 3 antithetic women astatine 3 assorted Manhattan nightspots successful 2018 and 2019.

According to the Associated Press, Gooding Jr. is accused of pinching a server astatine TAO Downton's buttocks successful 2018.

The justice had expressed a tendency to commencement the proceedings sooner, perchance successful December.

But a lawyer for Gooding says he'll beryllium tied up with different trials.

The proceedings was expected to statesman past April but was pushed backmost owed to surging COVID-19 cases successful the state, which led to courthouses being unopen down, the quality outlet reported.

The AP reported that successful 2019, Gooding was arrested for allegedly assaulting squeezing a woman's bosom without her consent astatine Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge.

A 3rd pistillate accused the histrion of forcibly touching her inappropriately astatine the LAVO New York nightclub successful 2018, the AP reported.