Cuba Gooding Jr. He pleaded guilty to harassment and in this way will avoid going to jail for this crime. He will also have his criminal record expunged after accepting the plea deal.
Gooding had already pleaded guilty in April but to a misdemeanor charge of forcibly touching a woman at a nightclub. The incident occurred in 2018 in New York and Cuba Gooding admitted having kissed a waitress without his permission.
Why was Cuba Gooding released?
In this way he also accepted two other similar incidents but these from October 2018 and June 2019. Among the conditions are that the actor must continue with a treatment to work on his behavior and stop drinking alcohol.
The measure It will apply during the following six months, and you cannot be arrested for any other crime in this same period of time. Gooding pleaded guilty to a violation which will always appear on his record but not as a criminal charge.
Manhattan Deputy District Attorney Coleen Balbert assured that the actor’s guilt will prevent the women from testifying publicly but they will be able to make other statements after this sentence.
“At what point are we going to take this seriously? When are we going to decide that this is a behaviour dangerous? And when is it the responsibility of the court to protect the public from someone like him?” said one of the women who harassed the actor.
In August 2020, Manhattan prosecutors had assured that around 30 women had filed accusations of touching by the actor.
The attendee of the district attorney said in court that Cuba Gooding has undergone therapy since September 2019 to work on his behavior and thus avoid this type of crime in the future.
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