Comedian Bill Cosby sued for defamation by sexual assault accuser
- 9 years ago
Comedian Bill Cosby was sued for defamation on Wednesday in Massachusetts by a sexual assault accuser who says Cosby branded her a liar in public statements made through his representatives, denying her allegations of abuse.
The eight-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in western Massachusetts, is believed to be the second lawsuit arising from a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against Cosby, age 77, by more than a dozen women in recent months.
The plaintiff in Wednesday's suit, Tamara Green, appeared from California via videolink at a Washington, D.C. news conference with her attorney Joseph Cammarata, an attorney who initially represented Paula Jones in her sexual harassment suit in the late 1990s against then-President Bill Clinton.
Green says Cosby sexually assaulted her at her apartment after drugging her during lunch at a Los Angeles cafe in the early 1970s.
The lawsuit says statements of denial by an attorney and a publicist representing Co
The eight-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in western Massachusetts, is believed to be the second lawsuit arising from a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against Cosby, age 77, by more than a dozen women in recent months.
The plaintiff in Wednesday's suit, Tamara Green, appeared from California via videolink at a Washington, D.C. news conference with her attorney Joseph Cammarata, an attorney who initially represented Paula Jones in her sexual harassment suit in the late 1990s against then-President Bill Clinton.
Green says Cosby sexually assaulted her at her apartment after drugging her during lunch at a Los Angeles cafe in the early 1970s.
The lawsuit says statements of denial by an attorney and a publicist representing Co