Alleged sexual assault: More women raise charges of harassment against Cuba Gooding Jr.

The number of women accusing Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual assault is on the rise: a total of 22 women are now expected to incriminate him. The actor currently has to answer to the court for allegedly touching three women. In October, twelve other women charged him with harassment charges. According to the "New York Times", it now appears from a court file that in the meantime seven more women accuse him.

Gooding Jr. is said to have touched women in bars, restaurants, hotels and nightclubs without their consent. But since these allegations are, according to the "New York Times", a long time ago, they did not lead to an indictment. The prosecutors now hoped that the women can still testify in court.

According to the newspaper, a woman accuses the actor of touching her immoral during a festival in Utah in 2009. In addition, he behaved similarly to another woman in 2011 in a restaurant in Atlanta and another woman in 2016 in a restaurant in California.

Four others report comparable incidents: Gooding Jr. also touched or kissed her without her permission. A judge will decide in January whether the women may testify against the 51-year-old as witnesses in the trial.

The lawyer of the actor, according to "New York Times" to the new allegations have not yet said. In the current proceedings, he had called the actor "completely innocent" and the allegations as implausible.

Gooding Jr. had his first major role in 1991 in the teen drama Boyz n the Hood. For his portrayal of a football player in "Jerry Maguire" he won in 1997 an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He was also featured in "Pearl Harbor", "Men of Honor" and "A Question of Honor"; In a series about the murder trial of ex-football star OJ Simpson, he plays the lead role.