High-Profile Hollywood Figures Sued for Sexual Assault as NY Law Deadline Approaches

Axl Rose, Jamie Foxx, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Jimmy Iovine face lawsuits under the New York Adult Survivors Act, which allows for sexual misconduct claims to be filed beyond the usual statute of limitations.

A wave of high-profile figures in Hollywood, including Axl Rose, Jamie Foxx, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Jimmy Iovine, have been sued for sexual assault ahead of a key deadline under a New York law that suspended time constraints on claims involving allegations of sexual misconduct for one year.
The New York Adult Survivors Act, which revived the window to bring sexual misconduct claims for one year, closes at midnight on Thursday.
Former model Sheila Kennedy accuses Axl Rose of raping her in 1989, causing damage to her career as an actress and model due to the assault.
The complaint against Gooding Jr. stems from charges the actor faced in 2019 over groping or forcibly kissing three women, two of whom are now taking him to court.
Jamie Foxx was accused of groping a woman in 2015, and a summons has been issued to music mogul Jimmy Iovine, who’s expected to be accused of sexual assault over an incident that took place in 2007.