Gooding admitted to kissing the girl, a waitress on the membership, on her lips with out consent. He additionally admitted to 2 different incidents of non-consensual contact in October 2018 and June 2019.
Below the phrases of the plea settlement, Gooding is to proceed alcohol and conduct modification remedy for six months and haven’t any new arrests. After that point, he can re-plead to harassment and doubtlessly have his case sealed.
If he efficiently follows the phrases and re-pleads to the lesser cost, Gooding can face a sentence to time served. If he doesn’t adjust to the phrases, he may withstand one yr in jail.
“Cuba Gooding Jr. entered right into a re-pleader at this time whereby in six months his case can be disposed of with a violation, which isn’t against the law, leading to no prison file,” Gooding’s lawyer, Peter Toumbekis, stated in a press release to CNN.
He’d beforehand pleaded not responsible to these fees.
Gooding’s trial was set to start in April 2020 however was delayed due to lockdowns as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
Assistant district lawyer Coleen Balbert stated in courtroom on Wednesday that Gooding has been in counseling since September 2019 to handle conduct he engaged in and to make sure he does not reoffend.