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American actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was accused of raping a woman twice in the same day in 2013 in a New York hotel, reveals a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.
The text indicates that the alleged victim, who has wanted to remain anonymous, met Gooding Jr. in a restaurant in the Greenwich Village sector, in New York, and that the actor invited her to have a drink at the hotel where he was staying. hosting.
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According to the complaint, once they arrived at the Mercer Hotel, the interpreter suggested going up to her room to change her clothes, to which she agreed; but once there he prevented her from leaving when the situation was uncomfortable.
Gooding put on the Mumford & Sons music to be specific, and he positioned himself between her and the bedroom door. Gooding later began to take off his clothes, ”says the text of the lawsuit, which states that it was then that the actor pushed her onto the bed as she tried to reach the exit.
“After grabbing the victim’s hands on her back, he raped her, despite the woman saying no on numerous occasions,” the lawsuit states.
In graphic detail, the complaint details that Gooding raped the complainant a second time after she tried to leave the room again when he was in the bathroom.
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A total of 30 women have claimed to have been sexually assaulted in various ways by Gooding in events that occurred over more than a decade.
The 52-year-old actor is already facing another indictment in a New York state court, in which three women allege they were sexually assaulted by Gooding, but state prosecutors say 27 more women say they were raped or attacked by him.
Gooding’s lawyer, Mark Heller, said: “These are false accusations of events that never happened more than seven years ago and that do not support a criminal complaint.”
Gooding faces six minor charges of forceful touching and sexual abuse in his state case, for which he could face a year in prison.
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