Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could owe millions after ignoring rape lawsuit


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District Judge Paul Crotty issued a default judgment against Cuba GoodingJr. on July 29, 2021, saying it appeared the Oscar-winning 'Jerry Maguire' star was willfully ignoring the lawsuit and that waiting for him any longer would be unfair to his accuser. Photo: AP

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages after failing to respond to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a woman in New York City in 2013.

US District Judge Paul Crotty issued a default judgment against Gooding on Thursday (July 29), saying it appeared the Oscar-winning Jerry Maguire star was willfully ignoring the lawsuit and that waiting for him any longer would be unfair to his accuser.

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