Overview

• Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing two new sexual assault lawsuits from women who claim he groped them in separate incidents in New York City in 2018 and 2019.
• The lawsuits were filed under the Adult Survivors Act, which gives plaintiffs a one-year window to file civil claims for sexual offenses outside the statue of limitations.
• In the 2018 incident, Gooding Jr. allegedly forced his tongue in a waitress's mouth without her consent. He pleaded guilty to a criminal forcible touching charge in connection with this incident last year.
• In the 2019 incident, Kelsey Harbert alleges that Gooding Jr. groped her thigh and breast after she approached him at a bar. Gooding Jr. was arrested and pleaded guilty to forcible touching.
• Both women are seeking damages for lost wages, emotional, mental and physical injury, and attorneys' fees.