Gooding Jr liable in rape accuser lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel
Updated July 30 2021 - 8:41am, first published 8:34am
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

A US judge has found Cuba Gooding Jr liable in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the Oscar-winning actor of raping her twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, after Gooding failed to respond to the accusations in court.