In a recent lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan, an unidentified woman, referred to as Jane Doe, has accused actor, singer, and comedian Jamie Foxx of sexually assaulting her at a New York rooftop bar in 2015. The incident allegedly involved Foxx rubbing her breasts and groping her against her will.
According to the lawsuit, the woman and a friend were seated at a table adjacent to Foxx’s at Catch NYC in 2015. After requesting a photo with Foxx, they took several pictures together. Subsequently, Foxx reportedly complimented the woman on her “super model body” and remarked that she resembled actor Gabrielle Union.
The lawsuit alleges that Foxx then led the woman to a secluded area, where he allegedly touched her breasts under her crop top and reached into her pants, touching her genitals. When the woman’s friend discovered them, Foxx ceased his actions, and the women left the scene, as stated in the suit.
Foxx’s representative issued a response on Thursday, asserting that the alleged incident never occurred. The statement referred to a similar lawsuit filed in 2020 in Brooklyn, which was reportedly dismissed shortly after. Foxx’s team expressed confidence that the current claims would meet a similar fate and hinted at pursuing a claim for malicious prosecution against the accuser and her attorneys.
The accuser, invoking the recently expired Adult Survivors Act—a temporary New York law—seeks damages to be determined at trial. The law allowed adult victims to file lawsuits for alleged sexual attacks that would have been outside the statute of limitations.
This lawsuit is one of several filed this week under the now-expired Adult Survivors Act. The legal proceedings mark a significant development in the context of addressing historical cases of sexual assault.
