- Cuba Gooding Jr. settled a Manhattan federal lawsuit accusing him of rape — just as jury selection was set to begin Tuesday morning in the case.
- The “Jerry Maguire” actor, 55, had been slated to face trial over a woman’s allegations that he raped her twice at the Mercer Hotel in Soho on Aug. 24, 2013.
- The trial was set to begin at 10 a.m. in Manhattan federal court, but at 10:24 a.m., a note was entered in the case saying “the parties have resolved the matter.”
- The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Settles Civil Rape Lawsuit Just As NYC Trial Set To Begin
FILE - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court, Jan. 22, 2020, in New York. Three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them — including one upset she never got her day in court when Gooding resolved criminal charges without trial or jail — can testify at a federal civil trial next week to support a woman’s claim that the actor raped her in 2013, a judge ruled Friday, June 2, 2023. (Alec Tabak/The Daily News via AP, File, Pool)
