Woman claims Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her in New York bar, actor says it ‘never happened’
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor, singer and comedian, a woman claims in a lawsuit Jamie Foxx He sexually assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015, an incident the actor said “never happened.”
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court by a woman known in documents only as Jane Doe alleges that Fox rubbed her breasts and groped her under her pants against her will.
She was sitting with a friend at a table next to Foxx’s at Catch NYC in 2015. The woman asked Foxx for a photo, and the two women took several photos with him, the suit says. She says that after that, he started complimenting her “model body” and told her she looked like actress Gabrielle Union.
He then grabbed her by the arm and took her to a secluded area, where he put her hands under her crop top and groped her breasts, the suit says. The lawsuit also alleges that she tried to move away from Foxx when he reached into her pants with his hands and touched her genitals.
When the woman’s boyfriend found them, he stopped and the women walked away, the suit says.
A response statement issued Thursday from the 55-year-old Fox representative said the alleged incident never happened.
“In 2020, this person filed an almost identical lawsuit in Brooklyn. This case was dismissed shortly thereafter. These claims are no more applicable today than they were then. We are confident that they will be sacked again. “Once this is done, Mr. Fox intends to pursue a lawsuit against this individual and his attorney to re-file this frivolous action,” the statement said.
The woman is seeking damages that will be determined at trial, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit was One of many submissions this week New York’s temporary law, the Adult Survivors Act, allows adult victims to file lawsuits over alleged sexual assaults that were previously outside the statute of limitations. the The law expired on Thursday.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly.
