{"id":25338,"date":"2019-06-13T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1049113"},"modified":"2019-06-13T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T18:50:20","slug":"cuba-gooding-jr-denies-groping-allegation-but-turns-himself-in-to-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/cuba-gooding-jr-denies-groping-allegation-but-turns-himself-in-to-nypd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Gooding Jr. Denies Groping Allegation But Turns Himself In to NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019513\/rs_1024x759-190613112343-1024-cuba-gooding-jr-harlem-court.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Cuba Gooding Jr.\" alt=\"Cuba Gooding Jr.\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Felipe Ramales \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.067716535433\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"13.647244094488\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/cuba_gooding_jr\">Cuba Gooding Jr.<\/a><\/strong>is turning himself in in connection with a charge he says he did not commit.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;51-year-old&nbsp;Oscar winner walked into the Special Victims Unit in Manhattan on Thursday&nbsp;afternoon to be potentially booked on&nbsp;a charge of forcible touching. However, a source close to the case tells E! News, &#8220;It is believed there is surveillance that will exonerate him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We asked the DA to review it because we believe these charges should not move forward,&#8221; his attorney told E! News. &#8220;However the DA&#8217;s office will neither confirm nor deny if they have in fact reviewed it. So, now we are turning him in as the charges still stand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49.933054393305\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.9748953974895\">\n<p>Just days ago, the star was accused of&nbsp;being &#8220;extremely intoxicated&#8221; and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1048160\/cuba-gooding-jr-accused-of-grabbing-woman-s-breasts-in-new-york-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grabbing a woman&#8217;s breasts<\/a>&nbsp;at the Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified woman is reported to be 30-years-old,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/06\/10\/cuba-gooding-jr-accused-of-groping-woman-at-nyc-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Page Six<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"socialcontent-twitter-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-type=\"async\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"35.874125874126\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.4055944055944\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. just turned himself into NYPD at Special Victims Unit in Harlem for allegedly groping woman at Manhattan nightclub. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5ny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox5ny<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisSobel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisSobel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebraCheatham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DebraCheatham<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beckycartercook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@beckycartercook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaGoodingJr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaGoodingJr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nypd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nypd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5i97bGpP8x\">pic.twitter.com\/5i97bGpP8x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Linda Schmidt (@LSchmidtFox5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSchmidtFox5\/status\/1139234172260757505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>At the time a New York Police Department source told E! News, &#8220;He could potentially be arrested&#8230;It&#8217;s up to the detectives on how they decide to proceed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1049113\/cuba-gooding-jr-denies-groping-allegation-but-turns-himself-in-to-nypd?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felipe Ramales \/ SplashNews.com Cuba Gooding Jr.is turning himself in in connection with a charge he says he did not commit. The&nbsp;51-year-old&nbsp;Oscar winner walked into the Special Victims Unit in Manhattan on Thursday&nbsp;afternoon to be potentially booked on&nbsp;a charge of forcible touching. However, a source close to the case tells E! 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