US actor Jamie Foxx has joined the string of celebrities who have been accused of sexual assault this year alone. The actor has been sued by a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at a restaurant in New York City in 2015.
According to the lawsuit, the actor, whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop, groped a woman after she asked to have her photo taken with him while at a rooftop bar in New York. The accuser is now suing Jamie Foxx for damages alleging “sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery”.
The lawsuit further provides more juicy details about the horrible experience the accuser went through stating that the ordeal happened around 8 years ago, at 1 am in the morning on 26 August 2015 at Catch NYC after she was seated at a table next to Mr Foxx.
The woman, whose identity has been kept secret for her safety, said that when the assault happened, Jamie Foxx, who appeared intoxicated had agreed to take a photo with her saying, “Sure, baby, anything for you”. The lawsuit adds that he told the woman she had a “supermodel body” and smelled “so good”.
Foxx later led the woman to a secluded spot in the restaurant, touched her breasts and put his hands in her underwear without her consent. Everything came to a stop after a friend of the victim came looking for her, the lawsuit states.
Since the incident happened at the restaurant, the lawsuit is also seeking damages from the business owner Mark Birnbaum, who the accuser says was seated with Mr Foxx shortly before the incident happened. The reason behind this is that Mr Birnbaum and the restaurant’s employees breached their duty of care towards the plaintiff by failing to protect her.
The lawsuit adds that as a result of the “heinous acts” the woman “suffered and continues to suffer severe emotional distress and anxiety, humiliation, embarrassment, post-traumatic stress disorder and other physical and emotional damages”.
The legal action comes days before the New York Adult Survivors Act – which allows alleged victims of sex crimes to sue after the statute of limitations has lapsed – ends on 24 November. Big names like Donald Trump, P Diddy (Sean Combs), Bill Cosby and actors Cuba Gooding Jr and Russell Brand have all been sued under the same act before.
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