Crime & Safety
Cuba Gooding Jr. Turns Self In For Alleged NYC Groping: Report
The actor was accused of drunkenly groping a woman at a Midtown Manhattan nightclub.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Oscar-winning Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. turned himself into police Thursday after being accused of groping a woman at a Midtown Manhattan nightclub, according to reports.
The actor is expected to be cuffed at the NYPD's Special Victims Division in Harlem and then transferred to Manhattan Criminal Court for an arraignment, Gooding Jr.'s lawyers told the New York Post.
Update: Gooding Jr. turned himself in arond 2 p.m., according to reporters waiting for him outside the Harlem precinct.
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Gooding Jr. will be arrested for forcible touching, but the Manhattan district attorney's office will decide his eventual charges, a law enforcement source told the Post. A woman called police on Monday to claim that Gooding Jr. groped her while they were taking a photo at the Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge the night before, according to reports.
The actor told TMZ "I trust the system" and claimed there was a surveillance tape from the club that will exonerate him.
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