American actor Jamie Foxx has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a bar in a lawsuit filed against him on Wednesday in a New York court.
The lawsuit was filed just before New York’s Adult Survivors Act was set to expire.
The law specific to the state allows adults who say they were victims of sexual abuse to file a civil lawsuit and seek damages regardless of the statute of limitations.
The suit is reported to be dated Monday, but the New York State Courts e-filing system indicates that the complaint was received Wednesday 22nd November 2023.
A woman, who is only identified as Jane Doe, alleged in the suit that the incident occurred on August 26, 2015, while she and her friend were at a rooftop bar in Manhattan called Catch NYC & Roof.
According to the suite, after she asked for a photo, Foxx responded with “Sure baby, anything for you,” per the suit. He then proceeded to grope her until her friend came looking for her.
The woman stated also that she suffered extreme emotional distress as a result of Foxx’s actions and was “rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled,” which required her to seek medical care, in the law suit.
She also stated that the incident happened when Foxx was in a relationship with Katie Holmes, according to outlets that reported the pair had broken up in 2019.
The actor had suffered from a medical condition early this year that arose while he was filming “Back in Action” in April.
In July the actor had stated that his emergency took him to ‘hell and back’ but did not say what had happened.
As at the time of this report, representatives for Foxx, Catch, and the attorney for the woman who filed the complaint has not return ‘Business Insider’s’ request for comment on the issue.
