Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to groping woman's breasts at bar
New York - Movie star Cuba Gooding Jr was charged Thursday with groping a woman's breasts at a Midtown bar [in Manhattan, New York] and tried deflecting the spotlight as he bolted out of a courthouse."Get well Big Papi," he added, a reference to retired Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who was recently shot and injured in the Dominican Republic.
His lawyer Mark Heller entered a plea of not guilty on Gooding's behalf and asked the judge to move the case along "expeditiously." Heller said surveillance video taken inside the Magic Hour bar shows no assault of the 29-year-old alleged victim. Police sources previously told The News that the complaining club-goer told investigators she immediately started yelling at the "Radio" star after being groped and then left the rooftop bar to call 911.
"I am completely confident that he will be totally exonerated, and I would not be at all surprised if at the conclusion of Mr. Gooding's proceedings, a criminal charge is launched against the lady who is alleging that she was abused - and that she's charged with perjury," he said.
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