July 30, 2021- 6:00 p.m.
Judge Paul Crotty on Thursday issued a default judgement against Gooding, finding that the “Jerry Maguire” actor has “completely failed to engage with this case.”
Gooding is ordered to engage in the case by Sept. 7, after which Crotty will determine what damages are owed.
“Defendant’s failure to appear in this case or answer the complaint after being properly served indicates that his default was willful,” Crotty wrote.
Doe filed the suit in August 2020, seeking a combined $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages. At the time, Gooding’s attorney Mark Jay Heller said the allegations were false.
The woman, identified as “Jane Doe,” accused Gooding of raping her in 2013. She says that after they met at a bar in Manhattan, he invited her to join him for drinks at a hotel.
Doe alleges that the two went to Gooding’s hotel room, where he raped her vaginally and anally.
