Cuba Gooding Jr. faces February trial in NYC groping case

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Published October 18, 2021 9:04 AM

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says Cuba Gooding Jr. will go on trial in February in his New York City groping case. Prosecutors are expected to portray the actor as a serial offender and the defense to contend the case is an example of Me Too run amok. A judge on Monday set a Feb. 1 trial date in the case. It involves allegations the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star violated three different women at three different Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019. The judge had expressed a desire to start the trial sooner, possibly in December. But a lawyer for Gooding says he’ll be tied up with other trials.

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