Nine women filed a lawsuit on Wednesday for sexual harassment against American comedian and actor Bill Cosby, according to an exclusive from NBC News.
The lawsuit has been filed in the District Court of the state of Nevada (United States) just weeks after the removal of the law that limited the time for adults involved in sexual abuse to present their cases in court to two years. .
The women plaintiffs, who accuse Cosby of using his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault them, are Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin, Janice Baker Kinney, Lili Bernard, Heidi Thomas, Linda Kirpatrick, Rebecca Cooper, Pam Joy Abeyta and Angela Leslie.
“From this day forward, we will no longer allow these women to bring various charges against Cosby without vetting them in the court of public opinion and within the courtroom,” Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said in a statement. in which he has also accused the plaintiffs of “being motivated by their addiction to the enormous amount of attention and greed of the media.”
Cosby had previously been charged — and found civilly liable for sexual assault in 2022 — for sexual assaults over the years by more than 60 women, whose cases date back decades and which the 85-year-old comedian has consistently denied. constant way.
