CUBA GOODING JR.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will not receive any prison time after following the terms of a plea agreement worked out in April.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has resolved his New York City forcible touching case with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April.

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The deal lets him avoid any possibility of jail time if he continues "alcohol and behavior modification" counseling for six months.

She accused him of touching her at a Manhattan night spot. The court had ruled prosecutors could bring in testimony by two other women who allegedly would accuse him of sexual groping.

Cuba Gooding Jr., who has also been accused of rape, previously denied the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018. The guilty plea came nearly three years after the the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star was arrested in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to get charges reduced or dismissed. Gooding, 54, accused of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019, pleaded guilty to just one of the allegations. Gooding had previously pleaded not guilty to six misdemeanor counts and denied all allegations of wrongdoing. Along with the criminal case, Gooding is accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman in New York City in 2013.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has pleaded guilty to forcibly kissing a worker at a New York nightclub in 2018, calling himself a “celebrity figure” who meant no harm.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018. The guilty plea came nearly three years after the the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star was arrested in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to get charges reduced or dismissed. Gooding, 54, accused of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019, pleaded guilty to just one of the allegations.

A judge says Cuba Gooding Jr. will go on trial in February in his New York City groping case.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges of sexual misconduct involving a third woman, less than a month after pleading not guilty to accusations of groping one womans breasts and pinching anothers buttocks. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears for his arraignment in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., October 31, 2019. Alec Tabak/Pool via REUTERSGooding pleaded not guilty to the new misdemeanor charges of forcible touching and sexual abuse in Manhattan Supreme Court. He pleaded not guilty to those charges on Oct. 15. Weinstein is scheduled to stand trial in New York in January on charges of rape and assault involving two women.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr is due in court on Thursday to face new criminal charges involving a third woman accusing him of sexual misconduct, less than a month after he pleaded not guilty to groping one womans breasts and pinching anothers buttocks. FILE PHOTO: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. leaves after his arraignment in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jefferson Siegel/File PhotoGooding will plead not guilty to the charges in Manhattan Supreme Court, his lawyer Mark Heller said on Wednesday. The charges are not yet public, and a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to provide details. Weinstein is scheduled to stand trial in New York in January on charges of rape and assault involving two women.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr, already facing a criminal case over accusations he touched a womans breasts in a bar and pinched anothers buttocks in a nightclub, has been charged in connection with a third woman, his lawyer said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. leaves after his arraignment in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., October 15, 2019. The charges are not yet public, and a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to provide details. Simpson.He was previously charged with one count of forcible touching and one count of sexual abuse in connection with each of the first two accusers. Weinstein is scheduled to stand trial in New York in January on charges of rape and assault involving two women.

NEW YORK, NY Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a new accuser and new charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, his lawyer said Wednesday. The actor is due in court Thursday for an arraignment on an updated misdemeanor indictment, lawyer Mark Heller said. An indictment unsealed Oct. 15 included charges Gooding alleging also pinched a woman's buttocks at a Manhattan nightclub in October 2018. Gooding pleaded not guilty and has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. Heller has argued the case against Gooding is an example of the #MeToo movement run amok and that overzealous prosecutors are looking to turn "commonplace gestures" into crimes.

(CNN) - Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday to two additional charges in a New York sex abuse case. It's now a four-count indictment against Gooding, which also includes the two previous misdemeanors: forcible touching and sex abuse in the third degree, related to an alleged groping incident with a different woman in June. On Tuesday, the defense asked the court to sever the two new charges and to proceed on the first set of charges in trial. Twelve other women have come forward claiming the actor committed "similar bad acts," according to the District Attorney's office. The women accuse Gooding of nonconsensual touching, grabbing, groping, grinding, rubbing, kissing, biting and licking.

I knew that the #MeToo movement, once it got its second, stronger wind in 2017, would careen toward the criminal justice reform movement on a collision course. Goodings case is one of its crash sites. Among other reforms like curtailing the use of cash bail, New Yorks speedy trial law underwent some changes. Under the text of the law, Goodings case should have already been thrown out. #MeToo and criminal justice reform arent predestined for a social justice wreck.

Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing an additional, undisclosed charge in a New York sex abuse case. (CNN) - Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing an additional, undisclosed charge in a New York sex abuse case. The Oscar winner was previously charged with two misdemeanors: forcible touching and sex abuse in the third degree, related to the alleged groping incident in June. A 29-year-old woman filed a police report at the time stating Gooding grabbed her breast at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge in Manhattan. He did not comment on the additional charge and thanked the court officer with a nod and a quiet "thanks" after the judge dismissed them for the day.

NEW YORK - The sex abuse case against Cuba Gooding Jr. can go forward after a New York judge threw out a motion to dismiss the case, according to court documents. Gooding has been charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor, and sex abuse in the third degree relating to an alleged groping incident in New York City in June. A 29-year-old woman filed a police report claiming Gooding grabbed her breast at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge in Manhattan. In a statement Thursday, Gooding's attorney Mark Jay Heller said: "I am totally confident that when a jury of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s peers assess all of the exculpatory evidence in this case, that he will be totally exonerated." Gooding voluntarily surrendered to the NYPD for questioning and pleaded not guilty to the charges in a Manhattan courtroom.

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. is due in court Wednesday on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sex abuse in the third degree relating to an alleged groping incident this month in New York City. Gooding voluntarily surrendered for questioning after the alleged incident and pleaded not guilty to the charges in a Manhattan court. He was released on his own recognizance after the judge set the next court date. The woman in the alleged incident told police she was with friends when she was confronted by a male patron whom she described as Gooding, a law enforcement source told CNN. The woman left the bar and called 911 to report the alleged incident, the law enforcement source said.

It's on a pause button," Heller told Espinal during the 10-minute hearing. Cuba Gooding Jr. is surrounded by media as he leaves New York Criminal Court in Manhattan on June 26, 2019. ReutersSwarmed by cameras outside the courthouse, Gooding smiled and nodded when asked whether he thought the case would ultimately be dismissed. The woman told police she believed Gooding was intoxicated. "There are compelling reasons that are screaming out for the dismissal of this case at the earliest stage possible," Heller told Espinal.

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