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Cuba Gooding Jr. has been named as a defendant in a music producer’s sexual assault lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
NEW DEFENDANT

Diddy Accuser Adds Cuba Gooding Jr. to Sex Assault Lawsuit

Music producer Rodney Jones claims to have been groped by Gooding Jr. on a yacht.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Cuba Gooding Jr. Arrives at NYS Supreme Court for sentencing on October 13, 2022 in New York City.
‘MORE DEVASTATING’

Cuba Gooding Jr. Hit With Two New Sexual Assault Lawsuits

The “Jerry Maguire” star avoided jail time in a criminal sex-abuse case, but now two of his alleged victims are suing him for assault.

Kate Briquelet

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11TH HOUR DEAL

Cuba Gooding Jr. Lawsuit Settled Just Before Trial

The woman alleged she met the actor at a bar in 2013 and that he later raped her in a hotel room.

Pilar Melendez

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SCOT FREE

Cuba Gooding Jr. Ducked Prison. His Accusers Are Furious.

The actor pleaded guilty to one count of harassment—but a small army of accusers are far from finished with him.

Pilar Melendez

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WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

Strip Club Hires Cuba Gooding Jr. Weeks After Groping Plea

The Manhattan flesh emporium reportedly tapped the actor—who is undergoing alcohol counseling—to host a party.

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FESSING UP

Cuba Gooding Jr. Won’t Face Jail After Guilty Plea

He admitted to kissing a waitress “on her lips” without her consent and pleaded guilty to one count of forcible touching.

Dia Gill

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ANOTHER LAWSUIT

New Accuser: Gooding Jr Played Music Before NY Hotel Rape

The woman alleges Cuba Gooding Jr., who is currently facing criminal charges of sexual abuse and forcible touching, raped her twice in a Manhattan hotel in 2013.

Pilar Melendez

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YIKES

Cuba Gooding Jr. Lawyer: Small-Breasted Women Are Delusional

When asked if he agreed with this argument, Gooding—accused by 30 women of sexual misconduct or forcible touching—reportedly winked and said, “Black lives matter.”

Laura Bradley

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‘PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR’

Cuba Gooding Jr. Has 7 New Accusers, Court Papers Allege

Oscar-winner denies touching the woman intimately without her permission, but prosecutors want to argue it shows a pattern of behavior.

Tom Sykes

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NOT GUILTY...AGAIN

Cuba Gooding Jr. Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges

Gooding is accused of forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub last September, prosecutors said in a Thursday indictment.

Pilar Melendez

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CANDID CAMERA

NYPD Detective Suspected of Leaking Cuba Gooding Jr. Mugshot

The booking photo showed up on an entertainment website a day after the actor was arrested on groping charges.

Tracy Connor

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