UPDATED: 6/7/23 6:45AM
AP (WBAP/KLIF) Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. The actor had insisted through lawyers that his encounter with the woman was consensual after the two met at a nearby restaurant.
The trial was to start with jury selection in New York federal court as the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star faced allegations that he met the woman in Manhattan, persuaded her to join him at a hotel, and convinced her to stop at his room so he could change clothing.
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Minutes after jurors were to begin assembling in a courtroom, a calendar entry in the official court record said: “TRIAL OFF.” It added: “Reason for cancellation (on consent): the parties have resolved the matter.”
The woman had proceeded anonymously until last week, when Judge Paul A. Crotty ruled that she would have to reveal her name at trial. She said in her lawsuit that Gooding raped her in his room. His lawyers, though, insisted that it was consensual sex and that she bragged afterward to others that she had sex with a celebrity.
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Original post: 6/5/23
NEW YORK (AP) – A judge in New York has ruled three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them may testify at a federal civil trial against him. Judge Paul A. Crotty says the allegations by the women were relevant to a rape case against Gooding. His legal team has said Gooding had consensual sex with the woman who accused him of rape after they met in a VIP lounge of a New York restaurant in 2013. The judge ruled in a separate order that the woman, who has been identified only as Jane Doe, will have to reveal her real name when the trial begins tomorrow.
(Associated Press)