On Wednesday, Jamie Foxx was sued for allegedly groping a customer at a New York rooftop bar in 2015.
The woman, who is named Jane Doe in the lawsuit, claims that Foxx forced her to go to a private area of the Catch NYC rooftop lounge where he touched her under her clothes and caressed her breasts.
The woman and her friend were seated at a table next to Foxx and the bar’s owner, Mark Birnbaum, according to the lawsuit. The woman’s friend woke up at one in the morning and asked Foxx to take her picture.
Foxx consented, and they shot multiple pictures. According to the lawsuit, Foxx started praising the plaintiff, saying things like, “Wow, you have that supermodel body,” and “You smell so good.” He claimed in the lawsuit that she resembled Gabrielle Union.
Then, she claims, he grabbed her arm and dragged her to a more private area of the rooftop, where he touched her breasts through her crop top. She tried to back away after being taken off guard, according to the lawsuit, but Foxx reached down her pants and “put his fingers on and in Plaintiff’s vagina and anus.”
According to the lawsuit, a security guard saw the groping but chose not to step in. When the woman’s friend discovered her, Foxx stopped petting her and turned to leave.
“The claimed incident never occurred,” a Foxx representative stated in a statement. This person filed a nearly identical lawsuit in Brooklyn in 2020. Shortly after, that case was dropped. The assertions are no longer valid as they were in the past. We have no doubt that they will be fired once more. When they are, Mr. Foxx plans to file a claim for malicious prosecution against the individual and her attorneys for filing this pointless lawsuit again.
In the lawsuit, damages for emotional distress, pain, suffering, anxiety, and humiliation are sought. It claims that as a result of the assault, the woman was sore and needed medical attention.
In addition, Birnbaum and Catch NYC are named as defendants in the lawsuit, which claims that they allowed the assault to occur and neglected to provide proper employee supervision.
The lawsuit is one of many brought under the Adult Survivors Act of New York, which gave victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to bring claims that would have otherwise been out of time due to the statute of limitations. Such claims must be submitted by Thursday.