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NEW YORK — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said.
Gooding, the Oscar-winning star of “Jerry Maguire” is expected to face a charge stemming from an alleged incident over the weekend at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge, lawyer Mark Heller said. A 29-year-old woman told police Gooding grabbed her breast while he was intoxicated around 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
Gooding, 51, denies the allegations. He told TMZ that he was at the bar partying with friends but didn't touch anyone. He said there's a video that shows “what really happened.”
“I trust the system and will let the process speak for itself,” Gooding said.
Gooding will surrender to the NYPD special victims unit that's leading the investigation before going to court for an arraignment, Heller said. The lawyer expected Gooding to make a statement to the media before getting booked.
NEW YORK — Dave Chappelle will make his Broadway debut this summer but a word of warning: Ditch the cell phone.Chappelle will perform five shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, July 9 through July 13. The theater has this spring become home for music acts like Morrissey, Yanni and Regina Spektor making their Broadway debuts.Producers issued an unusually blunt warning about anyone trying to film the performance on their phones: All phones will be put in a locked pouch during the show and anyone smuggling one in will be ejected.Chappelle received Grammy Awards for best comedy album in 2018 and 2019. He won his second Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special with “Equanimity” in 2018
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A California real estate agent and self-proclaimed “super fan” said he's extended an offer to buy the Florida home of rock legend Tom Petty.Kevin Beauchamp told The Gainesville Sun he quickly made an offer of $175,000 for the nearly 1,200-square-foot home after seeing the home's current owner Brandy Clark mention on a Petty Facebook fan club that she might sell it.He says he has a contract for the home.Petty grew up in Gainesville. He died of an accidental overdose in October 2017 at age 66.Beauchamp says he is working with Petty fan Joanne Davis and Jeff Goldstein, president of the Gainesville Music History Foundation, to have the property labeled a historic landmark.Clark said the home still has the original pink tile in bathroom.By Associated Press
