Cuba Gooding Jr. settles a civil sex abuse case just as trial was set to begin
![Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court in New York on Jan. 22, 2020. The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/06/06/ap23153818284008_wide-9fd0ca05fc5c430285ccea700b5dffb587772b41.jpg?s=600)
The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.
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