Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. sits in court during a hearing in his sexual misconduct case, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in New York.
(Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)NEW YORK Sporting a Black Lives Matter face mask, Cuba Gooding Jr. showed up at a New York City court on Thursday to hear lawyers argue over what restrictions to place on testimony at his sexual misconduct trial.
The judge held the hearing with courthouse operations still hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, forcing Gooding, lawyers and other participants to wear masks.
Gooding had been scheduled to go on trial in April, but it was put off as infections surged in New York.
This case is going to be tried in one day, Gooding lawyer Mark Heller said outside court.