Cuba Gooding Jr Settles Rape Lawsuit In New York – Update
deadline.comUPDATED, 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 and reveal her identity in fairness to Gooding – which may have played a role in today’s settlement.
On the other hand, the court had also allowed a trio of other women to testify at the trial of Gooding assaulting them or trying to assault them.
One of the women who would have taken the stand was Kelsey Harbert. Last year, Gooding entered a plea of guilty to a noncriminal harassment violation in the case that Harbert filed against him in 2019.
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