Cuba Gooding Jr accused of raping woman twice at New York hotel

Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in a courtroom in New York, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The actor is accused of placing his hand on a 29-year-old woman's breast and squeezing it without her consent in New York on June 9. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)
Cuba Gooding Jr has been accused of raping a woman twice in 2013 (Picture: AP)

Cuba Gooding Jr has been accused of raping a woman twice, in 2013.

The As Good As It Gets actor is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a hotel in New York.

According to Sky News, a lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, with the unnamed woman claiming she met the 52-year-old at a Manhattan bar in August, 2013.

She alleged she was invited to join him for drinks at a nearby hotel, where he asked her up to his hotel room, suggesting he needed to change his clothes.

The publication reports that the lawsuit states he then attacked the woman and removed her clothes.

He allegedly pinned her down and raped her twice, as she repeatedly said ‘no’.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. departs after a hearing at New York Criminal Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York,U.S., August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Gooding’s lawyer has denied all allegations (Picture: Reuters)

Gooding has denied all allegations of sexual assault.

His lawyer, Mark Heller, said in a statement: ‘My client is totally innocent of any of these false allegations and we’re confident it will be dismissed.

‘She’s probably just somebody who’s looking for some glory to bask in the publicity and notoriety of Cuba Gooding Jr’s case.’

The news comes after Jerry Maguire star pleaded not guilty to six charges of groping several woman.

A woman claimed Gooding allegedly ‘rubbed his groin and pelvis against her buttocks while simultaneously grabbed her buttocks and breast with his hand’, in 2001.

Last year he was also accused of groping three different women in 2018, allegedly ‘grabbing a woman’s buttocks and breast and forcibly kissing her, inserting his tongue into her mouth’.

He has denied all charges.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Cuba’s reps for a comment.

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