Cuba Gooding Jr. Begins Civil Trial for Rape Allegations in NYC.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a civil trial on accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, which he contends was consensual. The trial begins with jury selection in Manhattan federal court. The lawsuit seeks $6 million in damages. Gooding's lawyers insist that it was consensual sex and that she bragged afterward to others that she had sex with a celebrity. The trial will also include testimony from three women who were subjected to sudden sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults after meeting Gooding in social settings.