BEVERLY HILLS, August 19, (THEWILL) – Hollywood actor, Cuba Gooding Jr., is facing new sexual assault allegations in a new civil lawsuit, which accused him of raping a woman twice inside his New York City hotel room in 2013.
According to The Variety, the lawsuit, which was filed publicly on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court, alleged that the Oscar-winning actor attacked the woman, who was identified in court papers as “Jane Doe” to protect her privacy, after she met him at a Greenwich Village VIP lounge.
Jane Doe disclosed that the actor invited her to his hotel room, blocked the door, pushed her to the bed and raped her twice.
She is suing the actor for an alleged “crime of violence” committed on the basis of gender, asking for a trial by jury. She is also seeking for compensatory and punitive damages.
However, Gooding Jr.’s attorney, Mark Heller, has rubbished the claims.
Heller said: “The allegations against Cuba Gooding Jr. are false and perjurious. There was absolutely no conduct committed in a criminal nature as alleged. We expect the case to be dismissed. It was an alleged incident that took place over seven years ago with no criminal complaint at the time.”
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THEWILL reports that the actor is already facing six counts of sexual abuse and forcible touching and in 2019, he pleaded not guilty to charges of groping three women in New York City nightclubs in 2018.
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