Cuba Gooding Jr. is expected to plead guilty Wednesday as part of a no-jail plea deal in his Manhattan sex abuse case.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!hammered out a no-jail plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors nearly three years after he made international headlines when he was arrested on misdemeanor sex abuse charges, Fox News Digital has learned.
But the Oscar-winner fired his defense lawyer Mark Heller and hired bail bondsman and fixer Ira Judelson and attorney Frank Rothman. The pair were able to negotiate the more favorable agreement under new DA Alvin Bragg who took office in January. Rothman and Judelson did not return requests for comment.
Gooding was indicted on six misdemeanor counts for inappropriately touching three women in separate incidents. He was first arrested in June 2019 – but the case and his career have languished ever since. The trial date was repeatedly pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.Prosecutors had sought to call 19 additional accusers, whose claims did not result in criminal charges, but the judge ruled that only two of them could testify at trial.