Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. has been accused of rape after he was previously hit with charges for alleged groping.

An unnamed woman in a civil lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleges that the Oscar-winning Jerry Maguire star raped her twice after inviting her from a Manhattan bar back to his hotel room in August 2013, Reuters reports. The women says that Gooding blocked her way out of the hotel room when she tried to leave and pushed her onto the bed, according to The New York Times.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.