(CNN) Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday to two additional charges in a New York sex abuse case. The Oscar-winning actor appeared in handcuffs flanked by his lawyers, along with a police escort in front of a packed courtroom shortly after noon. He was processed and fingerprinted earlier in the day. It's now a four-count indictment against Gooding, which also includes the two previous misdemeanors: forcible touching and sex abuse in the third degree, related to an alleged groping incident with a different woman in June. On Tuesday, the defense asked the court to sever the two new charges and to proceed on the first set of charges in trial.

Source: CNN October 15, 2019 18:52 UTC