Fallen funnyman Bill Cosby was on the hot seat for seven hours, grilled
about explosive allegations that he doped and raped women for decades, a
lawyer for one of his accusers said Saturday.
Mr. Cosby |
Under court order, Cosby met with lawyers at an undisclosed location in
Boston, where the tension-filled session was interrupted only for lunch
and a few bathroom breaks.
Interrogating the disgraced sitcom king was women's rights attorney
Gloria Allred, the lawyer for Judy Huth, who alleges that Cosby molested
her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was just 15.
Huth is one of dozens of women who has accused Cosby of sexual misconduct.
Unlike most of the others, Huth's case is not precluded by statutes of
limitations because Huth suffered repressed psychological injuries,
which were discovered in the last three years, Allred said.
Cosby, 78, gave his deposition on Friday. Huth is scheduled to give her deposition to Cosby's lawyers on Oct. 15.
The court has placed a protective order on the testimony of both Cosby and Huth.
The depositions will not become public until at least Dec. 22, when a
hearing is scheduled to determine if that protective order will be
extended.
Ms. Huth |
"We will be filing motions with the court in connection with the
deposition and we anticipate that our motions will be heard on the same
date that the court has set — Dec. 22, 2015 — for a hearing on the
protective order on the depositions of Mr. Cosby and Miss Huth," Allred
said.
She added that lawyers will seek to take a further deposition of Mr. Cosby at a later date.
"Ms. Huth is happy that the deposition of Mr. Cosby and her deposition are proceeding as planned," she said.
Friday's deposition was the first time Cosby addressed allegations of
sexual misconduct under oath since he gave a deposition in a
Pennsylvania case in 2005.
In that case, a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand,
alleged Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. The case was settled
out of court in 2006 for an undisclosed sum.
Parts of Cosby's 2005 deposition were made public in July. In that
testimony, he admitted to obtaining quaaludes with the intent of giving
them to young women with whom he wanted to have sex.
No comments:
Post a Comment