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.
U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty issued a default judgment against Gooding on Thursday, 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.
The judge gave Gooding a final deadline of Sept. 7 to participate in the case. After that, the judge said, he'll decide on damages. Attorney Mark Heller, who represent Gooding in the criminal case, said the events alleged in the lawsuit "never took place" and suggested the plaintiff was somebody "looking for some glory to bask in the publicity and notoriety of Cuba Gooding Jr.'s case."
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