An accuser is suing Bill Cosby over alleged abuse dating back to the 1980s under an expired New York survivors law
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked as an actress on “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s said in a lawsuit Tuesday that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her after offering to mentor her in her acting career.
It is the latest in A A series of lawsuits Filed against Cosby under New York Adult Survivors Act Expiration, which gave victims of sexual assault a one-year window for claims that might otherwise be barred by time limits. That window closes on Thanksgiving.
The anonymous accuser said that shortly after he met Cosby while working on his show, he began offering style advice and performing acting exercises with her in his dressing room. When he invited her to his house, she accepted, she said, in part because of Cosby’s “wholesome image as ‘America’s Dad,'” according to the lawsuit.
She said that once she arrived there, she lost consciousness during acting practice after drinking wine with an apparently intoxicating substance added to it. She woke up “partially undressed and vomiting in the toilet,” according to the lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court.
Later, an anonymous representative on the show expressed to her that Cosby “can do whatever he wants to do with impunity on The Cosby Show,” according to the lawsuit, which seeks damages for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and lies. the prison.
NBCUniversal, along with Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Carsey-Werner Company, are accused in the lawsuit of negligence related to Cosby’s alleged conduct. Representatives for the companies did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Tuesday evening.
A spokesman for Cosby, 86, declined to comment on the details of the lawsuit, but suggested so Reversing windows Places in New York and elsewhere should be shut down because they have been abused for going after rich celebrities.
“When will it stop and who will be the next man to fall victim to these reactionary windows?” Spokesman Andrew White wrote in an email.
Cosby has been accused of rape, sexual assault and molestation by more than 60 women, including several who have filed lawsuits over the past year under the Adult Survivors Act. Cosby has denied all allegations of sex crimes.
It was Cosby The first celebrity to be tried and convicted In the #MeToo era, he spent nearly three years in a state prison near Philadelphia before a higher court overturned the conviction and freed him in 2021.
