Jamie Foxx, Oscar winner for Ray and famous for Django Unchained and Collateral, is accused of sexual assault.
American actor Jamie Foxx, 55, Oscar winner for his performance in Ray, is accused of sexual assault by a woman who wished to remain anonymous. The facts allegedly took place during an evening in New York in 2015.
According to information relayed by Variety, the star of Django and Collateral is being sued by the Supreme Court of the State of New York after a complaint from the alleged victim. The latter accuses Jamie Foxx of having “slid his hands into her underwear and placed his fingers in her vagina and anus.”
During this evening in August 2015, the complainant allegedly asked the actor for a photo around 1 a.m. The latter then allegedly made advances towards her before taking her to an isolated corner. According to the complaint, a security guard witnessed the scene but did not intervene. It was a friend of the complainant who allegedly stopped the attack and removed Jamie Foxx.
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The bar-restaurant-lounge Catch NYC & Roof and its owner, Mark Birnbaum, are also the subject of a complaint for failure to assist a person in danger. After suffering from serious health problems recently, Jamie Foxx will have to face justice.
“This procedure comes on the eve of the expiration of a New York State law, the Adult Survivors Act, which allows, since November 2022, victims of sexual violence to file a civil complaint for acts prescribed”explain France Info.
Jamie Foxx is best known for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005 for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the biopic directed by Taylor Hackford. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Collateral with Tom Cruise. The actor also made an impression in Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s western.