Actor Jamie Foxx accused of sexual abuse in New York lawsuit

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he dedicated the crime in August 2015.

The plaintiff, recognized within the grievance solely as Jane Doe, stated the assault occurred in a secluded nook of the Catch NYC rooftop lounge after she and a buddy had approached the movie star and had their footage taken with him.

Foxx’s representatives didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.

The actor is finest identified for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of singer Ray Charles within the 2004 movie Ray. He additionally earned an Oscar nomination for his supporting function that very same yr within the movie Collateral.

He is among the newest high-profile celebrities accused of sexual wrongdoing in a current collection of lawsuits filed below the Adult Survivors Act, a New York state regulation permitting such lawsuits to be filed in court docket even when the statutes of limitations have run out.

The deadline for the particular one-year window for such complaints below the regulation expires on the finish of this month.

Music business veteran Jimmy Iovine was likewise sued on Wednesday by a lady claiming he abused her.

In the Iovine grievance filed in New York state court docket in Manhattan, a lady recognized solely as “Jane Doe” stated she was sexually abused, forcibly touched and topic to sexual harassment and retaliation in August 2007.

A spokesperson for Iovine stated they have been “quite shocked and baffled” by the grievance.

“This inquiry is the primary we’ve heard of this matter. No one has ever made a declare like this towards Jimmy Iovine, nor have we been contacted or made conscious of any grievance by anybody, together with this unknown plaintiff before now,” the spokesperson stated.

The plaintiff’s legal professional, Douglas Wigdor, declined additional remark.

Iovine, a one-time recording engineer, co-founded Interscope Records, a music label related to West Coast hip hop that’s now a part of Universal Music GroupUMG.AS. Iovine later partnered in 2006 with producer Dr. Dre to launch Beats Electronics, an organization that Apple acquired in 2014 for $3 billion.

Others sued below the regulation embody actors Russell Brand and Bill Cosby, former film producer Harvey Weinstein, a former president, Donald Trump, and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose case was settled after sooner or later.

Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns N’ Roses, was sued below the regulation on Wednesday by Sheila Kennedy, an actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year, over an alleged 1989 assault.