Cuba Gooding Jr. has reached a settlement with his accuser just as the trial was about to commence. Court records revealed on Tuesday that the actor had resolved the case with a woman who had accused him of raping her in a New York City hotel ten years ago. Gooding maintained, through his legal representatives, that the encounter with the woman was consensual after they met at a nearby restaurant.
The trial, which was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, involved a woman who claimed that the star of “Jerry Maguire” had met her at a restaurant in New York City, convinced her to accompany him to his hotel, and persuaded her to stop at his room to change clothes.
The accuser, known as Jane Doe, had her name ruled to be revealed during the trial by Judge Paul A. Crotty. In her lawsuit, she alleged that Gooding raped her in his hotel room. His lawyers, however, argued that the sexual encounter was consensual and claimed that she later boasted to others about having sex with a celebrity. The lawsuit sought $6 million in damages, but Attorney Gloria Allred, among others representing the woman, declined to comment.
The actor faced accusations of rape in a lawsuit filed by a woman whose legal team claimed she was entitled to $2 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages due to the significant emotional distress she experienced after encountering Gooding. According to court documents, the introduction between the accuser, Jane Doe, and Gooding took place in August 2013 when they met at the VIP lounge of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan. They agreed to join one of Jane Doe’s friends at a hotel bar nearby.
However, once they arrived at the hotel and before her friend appeared, Jane Doe was encouraged to accompany Gooding to his hotel room so he could change his clothes, and they could later return downstairs to meet her friend, as stated in the court papers.
The lawsuit alleged that Gooding became violent in the room, forcefully pushing the woman onto the bed and raping her while disregarding her pleas to stop.
