Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Cuba Gooding Jr. Reaches Settlement in Rape Lawsuit, Avoiding Trial
justjared.comCuba Gooding, Jr. has reached a settlement with an unidentified woman who accused the actor of rape. The 55-year-old actor was set to go to trial this week, but ultimately settled out of court with the woman, according to Variety.
First reported in 2013, Cuba was accused of meeting the woman in his hotel room in New York City after meeting at a lounge.
The suit says that Cuba “began to undress in front of her and allegedly blocked the door, pushed her onto the bed and put his hands on her breasts and under her dress without consent.” He then reportedly “raped the woman vaginally and anally, despite her pleas for him to stop.” Cuba‘s attorney Mark Jay Heller denied the allegations in 2020 when the suit was filed. “We never received the complaint, but the allegations are completely false and perjurious,” he stated. “The contentions that he acted inappropriately in the complaint are completely inappropriate and untruthful.” The settlement comes just months after Cuba pleaded guilty to another assault charge.
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