(CNN) A civil lawsuit has been filed against actor Cuba Gooding Jr. by one of the women connected to the criminal sexual abuse case against him.

The woman, Natasha Ashworth, publicly identified herself for the first time in the lawsuit filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Ashworth, a former waitress at the Manhattan nightclub, Tao Downtown, claims Gooding pinched her buttocks, made lewd remarks and repeatedly tried to touch her before she sought help from club management in the early morning hours of Oct 24, 2018.

According to the suit, Ashworth was serving Gooding at his table when he allegedly asked her, "Do you want to see my impression of a penis?"

Ashworth states she replied, "No."

Gooding "then drank from his glass and began spitting liquid out of his mouth," Ashworth claims, adding that she walked away but was later subjected to more harassment at the end of her shift.

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