Detailing eerily familiar alleged modus operandi on the part of the man once known as “America’s Dad,” two former The Cosby Show actresses and three other women on Tuesday sued Bill Cosby and NBCUniversal for sexual assault and battery in New York state court.
“Plaintiffs were all sexually battered, assaulted, and abused by Bill Cosby as a part of the same conduct, occurrence, plan, or scheme that was perpetrated, conducted, organized, and/or performed in New York and other states by Bill Cosby and his associates and enablers,” claims the complaint from Lili Bernard and Eden Tirl, Jewel Gittens, Jennifer Thompson and Cindra Ladd, citing the once-incarcerated comedian repeatedly using his “enormous power in such a nefarious, horrific way.”
Adds the 34-page filing by attorneys Jordan Merson and Jordan Rutsky in the Empire State’s Supreme Court: “Over the course of several decades, Bill Cosby engaged in the serial...
“Plaintiffs were all sexually battered, assaulted, and abused by Bill Cosby as a part of the same conduct, occurrence, plan, or scheme that was perpetrated, conducted, organized, and/or performed in New York and other states by Bill Cosby and his associates and enablers,” claims the complaint from Lili Bernard and Eden Tirl, Jewel Gittens, Jennifer Thompson and Cindra Ladd, citing the once-incarcerated comedian repeatedly using his “enormous power in such a nefarious, horrific way.”
Adds the 34-page filing by attorneys Jordan Merson and Jordan Rutsky in the Empire State’s Supreme Court: “Over the course of several decades, Bill Cosby engaged in the serial...
- 12/6/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Supreme Court has declined an appeal by Pennsylvania prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s overturned sexual assault conviction. Cosby had been convicted of sexual assault in 2018 and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison, but he was released in June 2021 after the Pennsylvania supreme court overturned the ruling in a stunning decision. The Supreme Court’s rejection keeps the reversal in place.
The Pennsylvania court determined last year that Cosby’s due process rights had been violated during his conviction and that a 2005 agreement with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have prevented him from being charged again.
“The collective weight of these considerations led D.A. Castor to conclude that, unless Cosby confessed, there was insufficient credible and admissible evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,’” read the decision.
Cosby’s overturned conviction was for raping Andrea Constand...
The Pennsylvania court determined last year that Cosby’s due process rights had been violated during his conviction and that a 2005 agreement with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have prevented him from being charged again.
“The collective weight of these considerations led D.A. Castor to conclude that, unless Cosby confessed, there was insufficient credible and admissible evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,’” read the decision.
Cosby’s overturned conviction was for raping Andrea Constand...
- 3/7/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case of sexual assault against Bill Cosby, leaving in place a decision by Pennsylvania’s highest court to throw out his conviction and set him free.
The 83-year-old comedian was released last June after he served three years of a three-to 10-year state prison sentence over a felony sexual assault charge from 2018. In overturning the conviction, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that Cosby cannot be retried and that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by an agreement from his predecessor to not bring charges.
The court’s decision was included in a long list of pending cases that were denied. As is common for the Supreme Court, no reason was given for the rejection.
In a statement Monday, Cosby’s representative Andrew Wyatt offered their “sincere gratitude” to the Supreme Court “for following the rules of law...
The 83-year-old comedian was released last June after he served three years of a three-to 10-year state prison sentence over a felony sexual assault charge from 2018. In overturning the conviction, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that Cosby cannot be retried and that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by an agreement from his predecessor to not bring charges.
The court’s decision was included in a long list of pending cases that were denied. As is common for the Supreme Court, no reason was given for the rejection.
In a statement Monday, Cosby’s representative Andrew Wyatt offered their “sincere gratitude” to the Supreme Court “for following the rules of law...
- 3/7/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Update (3/7/22): The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal of the decision to overturn Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction and release him from jail. The court, as is customary in these instances per The Associated Press, didn’t issue any comments or opinions to accompany the decision. The case was one of many the Court announced it would not hear.
Andrew Wyatt, a spokesperson for Cosby, said in a statement, “On behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Cosby and the Cosby family, we would like to offer our sincere...
Andrew Wyatt, a spokesperson for Cosby, said in a statement, “On behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Cosby and the Cosby family, we would like to offer our sincere...
- 3/7/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Comedian W. Kamau Bell will try to contend with the legacy of Bill Cosby in light of the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against him in a new four-part docuseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby. The project will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22 before arriving in full on Showtime Jan. 30 at 10 p.m. Et.
In a short trailer for the docuseries, Bell states: “I am a child of Bill Cosby. You know what I mean. I’m a Black man, a stand-up comic, born in the...
In a short trailer for the docuseries, Bell states: “I am a child of Bill Cosby. You know what I mean. I’m a Black man, a stand-up comic, born in the...
- 12/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
It took nearly three years for Bill Cosby to be sentenced to prison after being arrested in 2015 for a rape over a decade beforehand but the bureaucracy of justice moved fast today.
Less than three hours after being given three to 10 years behind bars by Judge Steven O’Neill, the man once called “America’s Dad” was being booked and photographed at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania.
After a short stint at that facility, Cosby will be moved tonight by Sheriff’s deputies to the nearby Sci Phoenix to start the first stage of his sentence for the rape of Andrea Constand in 2004.
“Today justice was served, said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele after the conclusion of the two-day sentencing hearing that also saw Cosby designated as sexually violent predator. “It was a long time coming,” the local top prosecutor added.
RelatedTime’s Up Applauds Bill Cosby...
Less than three hours after being given three to 10 years behind bars by Judge Steven O’Neill, the man once called “America’s Dad” was being booked and photographed at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania.
After a short stint at that facility, Cosby will be moved tonight by Sheriff’s deputies to the nearby Sci Phoenix to start the first stage of his sentence for the rape of Andrea Constand in 2004.
“Today justice was served, said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele after the conclusion of the two-day sentencing hearing that also saw Cosby designated as sexually violent predator. “It was a long time coming,” the local top prosecutor added.
RelatedTime’s Up Applauds Bill Cosby...
- 9/25/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison on Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in a widely viewed trial that #MeToo advocates said doubled as a litmus test for the progress of the movement. Cosby was facing 30 years in prison.
Cosby was taken straight to prison following the sentencing, with Judge Steven O’Neill denying Cosby’s lawyer’s motion to allow him to remain free on bail pending an appeal.
Earlier in the day, O’Neill deemed Cosby a "sexually violent predator," which...
Cosby was taken straight to prison following the sentencing, with Judge Steven O’Neill denying Cosby’s lawyer’s motion to allow him to remain free on bail pending an appeal.
Earlier in the day, O’Neill deemed Cosby a "sexually violent predator," which...
- 9/25/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Having filed motion after motion during the past three years to halt or stop the rape case against the now-convicted Bill Cosby, his lawyers today made a last-ditch sleight-of-hand that could knock the two-day sentencing hearing off the rails right after it started and keep him from potentially going behind bars this week.
Throwing another spanner into the multi-trial matter, the defense suddenly stated this morning that it wished to hear from the doctor who compiled the original report that Pennsylvania’s sex offender board relied on in part for its estimation that Cosby should be designated a sexually violent predator. That Dr. Timothy Foley apparently is unavailable until Tuesday morning at the earliest, which stalled a ruling by Judge Steven O’Neill on the Svp and, under Keystone State law, consequently hits the pause button on the actual sentencing.
Noting that this tactic was “clearly delaying this,” the somewhat-annoyed...
Throwing another spanner into the multi-trial matter, the defense suddenly stated this morning that it wished to hear from the doctor who compiled the original report that Pennsylvania’s sex offender board relied on in part for its estimation that Cosby should be designated a sexually violent predator. That Dr. Timothy Foley apparently is unavailable until Tuesday morning at the earliest, which stalled a ruling by Judge Steven O’Neill on the Svp and, under Keystone State law, consequently hits the pause button on the actual sentencing.
Noting that this tactic was “clearly delaying this,” the somewhat-annoyed...
- 9/24/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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