Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads guilty to forcible touching
By Reuters
14 April 2022 |
3:22 pm
Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty on Wednesday (April 13) to a misdemeanor count of forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018, as part of an agreement with prosecutors that spares the Oscar-winning actor any immediate jail time.
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