One of the women who was planning to testify at the trial is Kelsey Harbert, who told police Gooding fondled her without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge near Times Square in 2019. Authorities say Gooding has been accused of committing sexual misconduct against more than 30 other women, including groping, unwanted kissing and other inappropriate behavior. The women were expected to say on the stand that they also were subjected to sudden sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults after meeting Gooding in social settings such as festivals, bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Prior to the trial, Crotty ruled that he would let three women testify during Gooding's trial. Who was expected to testify in Cuba Gooding Jr.'s civil rape trial? The lawsuit alleged Gooding got violent in the room, pushing the woman onto the bed and forcibly raping her while ignoring her pleas for him to stop. The introduction to accuser Jane Doe occurred in August 2013 when she met the actor in the VIP lounge of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan and agreed to join him with a friend of hers at a nearby hotel bar, according to court papers.īut, once at the hotel, and before her friend arrived, Jane Doe was encouraged to proceed to Gooding's hotel room so the actor could change his clothing and they could return downstairs to meet her friend, the court papers said. The actor was accused of rape in a lawsuit brought forward by a woman whose lawyers said she was entitled to $2 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages for the "significant emotional distress" she suffered after meeting Gooding. pleads guilty to forcibly touching woman at NY nightclub Why was Cuba Gooding Jr. Here are the details about the case that led up to the settlement.
Attorney Gloria Allred, one of several representing the woman, declined comment. The lawsuit sought $6 million in damages.
His lawyers, though, insist that it was consensual sex and that she bragged afterward to others that she had sex with a celebrity. Crotty ruled would have to reveal her name at trial, said in her lawsuit that Gooding raped her in his room. The trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday with jury selection, as a woman alleged the "Jerry Maguire" star met her in a New York City restaurant, persuaded her to join him at his hotel and convinced her to stop at his room to change clothing. The actor had insisted through lawyers that his encounter with the woman was consensual after the two met at a nearby restaurant. has settled with his accuser, who alleged he raped her in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr.
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