The lawsuit claims the plaintiff needed medical treatment and suffered emotional distress as a result of “sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery.”
Jamie Foxx is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a New York City restaurant in 2015.
A new lawsuit filed Wednesday details an encounter between the actor, now 55, and the unnamed plaintiff at Catch NYC & Roof in August 2015, beginning when the woman arrived to the rooftop restaurant at 11 p.m. The woman and her friend were allegedly seated one table away from Foxx and asked to take a photo with the actor, whom the plaintiff alleges in the suit appeared intoxicated and replied, “Sure, baby anything for you.”
The woman claims several people, including security guards, witnessed the alleged assault but walked away despite her trying to get away from Foxx, according to the suit. She also says Foxx only stopped when her friend came around the corner and saw what was happening.
The woman is now suing Foxx and the restaurant for compensatory and punitive damages, as she claims she had to seek medical treatment and suffered emotional distress as a result of the “sexual assault, abuse, assault and battery.”
Representatives for Foxx, Catch NYC & Roof, and an attorney for the plaintiff did not immediately respond to EW’s requests for comment.
The They Cloned Tyrone actor was hospitalized for a medical complication in April. He finally addressed his health issues in an emotional Instagram video months later in June, in which he also explained why he decided to stay out of the spotlight afterward. “I just didn’t want you to see me like that,” he wrote. “I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, a television show. I just didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through.”
He concluded, “If you see me out from now on and every once and a while I just burst into tears, it’s because it’s been tough, man. I’ve been sick, man. But now, I’ve got my legs under me, so you’re gonna see me out.”
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