Cuba Gooding Jr. settled on a lawsuit that accused him of rape on Tuesday.
The jury was supposed to convene on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and at 10:24 am a note was passed onto jurors that the matter had been resolved. The details of the settlement agreement have not been released yet.
Gooding was accused of raping a woman twice on August 24, 2013, in New York City at the Mercer Hotel. The two met at a restaurant in the city, Le Souk Lounge, and then Gooding allegedly convinced her to come up to his room so that he could change his clothes. Once there, the two took shots together and then he allegedly groped her and raped her twice.
The woman was seeking $6 million in damages.
Gooding had insisted that he was innocent and that the encounters were consensual, but he still decided to settle.
There were supposed to be seven other witnesses,...
The jury was supposed to convene on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and at 10:24 am a note was passed onto jurors that the matter had been resolved. The details of the settlement agreement have not been released yet.
Gooding was accused of raping a woman twice on August 24, 2013, in New York City at the Mercer Hotel. The two met at a restaurant in the city, Le Souk Lounge, and then Gooding allegedly convinced her to come up to his room so that he could change his clothes. Once there, the two took shots together and then he allegedly groped her and raped her twice.
The woman was seeking $6 million in damages.
Gooding had insisted that he was innocent and that the encounters were consensual, but he still decided to settle.
There were supposed to be seven other witnesses,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Updated, 9:33 Am: Cuba Gooding Jr. will not have to face trial for rape.
Minutes before jury selection was schedule to start this morning in New York in the civil case against the Oscar winner for an alleged 2013 assault, a deal was announced between the Oscar winner and the unnamed plaintiff.
“Trial Off: The jury trial scheduled to go forward today is off the calendar,” it said in the federal court docket Tuesday. “Reason for cancellation (on consent): the parties have resolved the matter.”
As is common with matters such as this, the settlement is being kept confidential. However, from what sources tell us, Gooding paid the alleged victim a “considerable sum” to end the case.
Seeking $6 million in damages when she first filed the action nearly three years ago, the Gloria Allred represented plaintiff was ordered last week by US District Judge Paul Crotty to refile her complaint...
Minutes before jury selection was schedule to start this morning in New York in the civil case against the Oscar winner for an alleged 2013 assault, a deal was announced between the Oscar winner and the unnamed plaintiff.
“Trial Off: The jury trial scheduled to go forward today is off the calendar,” it said in the federal court docket Tuesday. “Reason for cancellation (on consent): the parties have resolved the matter.”
As is common with matters such as this, the settlement is being kept confidential. However, from what sources tell us, Gooding paid the alleged victim a “considerable sum” to end the case.
Seeking $6 million in damages when she first filed the action nearly three years ago, the Gloria Allred represented plaintiff was ordered last week by US District Judge Paul Crotty to refile her complaint...
- 6/6/2023
- by Patrick Hipes and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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