Invoice Cosby, 85, is sued by 9 ladies accusing him of sexual assault below new Nevada regulation
9 ladies have filed a sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Crosby for alleged crimes that return a long time – after a brand new regulation eliminated the statute of limitations for civil circumstances in Nevada.
The 9 plaintiffs who lodged the go well with within the U.S. District Court docket for Nevada are Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin, Janice Baker Kinney, Lili Bernard, Heidi Thomas, Linda Kirkpatrick, Rebecca Cooper, Pam Pleasure Abeyta and Angela Leslie.
Over his leisure profession, Cosby, 85, has been accused of a slew of sexual crimes by at the very least 60 ladies – all of which he denies.
The most recent authorized problem accuses him of drugging and raping the ladies, together with up-and-coming actresses and fashions, in Las Vegas. Lots of the alleged abuses occurred after his reveals, the go well with states.
Cosby’s spokesperson accused the 9 ladies of combating ‘for his or her dependancy to large quantities of media consideration and greed,’ NBC Information reported.
9 ladies have filed a sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Crosby for alleged crimes that return a long time – after a brand new regulation eliminated the statute of limitations for civil circumstances in Nevada
On Could 31, Nevada handed a regulation named SB129 – eliminating the civil statute of limitations in sexual abuse circumstances involving adults.
Beforehand, alleged victims must file fits inside a two-year restrict.
It’s via this new regulation that the 9 plaintiffs have been capable of sue for the alleged abuse they confronted by the hands of the entertainer a number of a long time in the past.
Lise-Lotte Lublin has publicly accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her. She claims within the go well with, seen by NBC, that he gave her two drinks ‘to loosen up’ in 1989, after which he proceeded to the touch her hair as he masturbated.
The lawsuit says Lublin was allegedly dragged right into a bed room and assaulted.
Heidi Thomas claims within the go well with that she traveled from Denver in 1984 below the pretence that Cosby was going to mentor her. He supplied her alcohol, which she sipped, and he or she misplaced consciousness.
Janice Dickinson and Lili Bernard are two of the 9 plaintiffs concerned within the new lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Cosby
Lise-Lotte Lublin and Heidi Thomas are two of the 9 plaintiffs concerned within the new lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Cosby
The lawsuit claims Thomas woke as much as Cosby assaulting her.
Rebecca Cooper labored as a therapeutic massage therapist when she met Cosby. He invited her to dinner and one in every of his reveals, the lawsuit states.
Cosby additionally requested for her to assist with a tennis harm he had. Cooper claims he spiked her drink on the present, and he later raped her in his dressing room, the lawsuit claims.
Pam Pleasure Abeyta went to Las Vegas in 1979 and was launched to Cosby in his dressing room after one in every of his reveals. She was given a beverage, was taken to Cosby’s suite when she began to really feel dizzy, in line with the lawsuit.
Cosby ‘put a tablet’ in her mouth with out her consent – and wakened with him bare on high of her, she claims within the lawsuit. The mattress was moist and he or she woke to bruises on her legs, it alleges.
Janice Baker Kinney arrived at Cosby’s dwelling Reno, Nevada, in 1982 for a celebration – however she quickly realized he lied to her as nobody else was there. She says within the lawsuit that he gave her barbiturates.
Within the lawsuit, Baker Kinney describes waking out and in of consciousness with Cosby’s hand in her open shirt, groping her, whereas she lay bare in mattress.
She was additionally one of many individuals who testified in opposition to Cosby in his 2018 legal case.
Janice Dickinson says that Cosby invited her to Lake Tahoe to debate work alternatives in 1982. She was affected by menstrual cramps, and Cosby supplied her a tablet to assist, the lawsuit states.
Dickinson felt dizzy and went to Cosby’s suite with him – the place he raped her, regardless of her asking him to cease, the lawsuit alleges.
Linda Kirkpatrick and Janice Baker-Kinney are two of the 9 plaintiffs concerned within the new lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Cosby
Within the lawsuit, Linda Kirkpatrick claims she met Cosby in 1981 taking part in tennis in Las Vegas – and he gave her a beverage backstage at a present.
Kirkpatrick says she blacked out, then wakened on the ground of Cosby’s dressing room with Cosby on high of her and assaulting her, in line with the lawsuit.
Lili Bernard traveled to Las Vegas with Cosby, the place he promised to take her to a gathering with film producers. She claims within the go well with that he drugged her non alcoholic drink and took her to his lodge suite for a ‘mentoring session.’
Bernard wakened bare with Cosby bare by her ft, the go well with states. Cosby raped her after she advised him she did not wish to have intercourse. She was unable to cease him due to the drink she consumed, the lawsuit alleges.
Angela Leslie was invited to Las Vegas by Cosby after he expressed a need to mentor her performing profession. They had been engaged on an performing train in his suite when Cosby supplied her a drink, in line with the lawsuit.
He lined Leslie’s hand in lotion and compelled it onto his genitals, she alleges within the lawsuit.
Angela Leslie and Pam Pleasure Abeyta are two of the 9 plaintiffs concerned within the new lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Cosby
Rebecca Cooper is likely one of the 9 plaintiffs concerned within the new lawsuit in opposition to Invoice Cosby
This comes simply two weeks after Cosby was sued in California by a former Playboy model who claims that he raped her five decades ago.
Victoria Valentino, 80, filed the go well with in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket Thursday below a brand new regulation that lifted the statute of limitations on civil intercourse assault circumstances.
Cosby, 85, was beforehand convicted in April 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting a basketball coach, Andrea Constand, in 2004.
He was sentenced to a few to 10 years in jail, however solely served three years of his sentence earlier than the Pennsylvania Supreme Court docket overturned the conviction. He was launched on June 30, 2021.
Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt advised the Washington Publish following the brand new lawsuit: ‘In my view, these ladies usually are not victims of sexual assault, they’re victims of greed.’
The brand new California regulation, which has enabled Valentino to lodge her go well with, permits intercourse assault accusers to hunt damages – irrespective of how way back the alleged crimes passed off.
Valentino claimed that Cosby drugged and raped her in 1969 after they bumped into each other at Los Angeles restaurant Café Figaro on Melrose Avenue. They’d met earlier at an performing audition.
Valentino says she was crying due to the latest drowning of her six-year-old son when Cosby approached her.
Valentino was eating with a buddy on the time. He then paid for them to go to a Finnish spa, after which took the pair to a Sundown Strip steakhouse for dinner, the place he gave them each drugs.
He allegedly mentioned: ‘It can make you’re feeling higher. It can make us ALL really feel higher.’
Cosby then drove them to an workplace, she claims within the lawsuit, the place she and her unnamed buddy handed out.
Valentino says she awoke, noticed Cosby approaching her buddy, and tried to guard her. However the lawsuit then claims Cosby bought indignant and raped Valentino.
On the time of the incident, Valentino was a well-liked mannequin and was recognized for her 1963 centerfold photoshoot with Playboy.
