Bill Cosby faces new lawsuit from five women over alleged sexual abuse
Vanassa McKenzie / Our Today
Bill Cosby, the American comedy icon who many had grown to love over the years through the NBC’s family sitcom The Cosby Show, is now facing a new lawsuit from five women who have accused him of sexual assault.
Among these women are two former actresses – Lili Bernard and Eden Tiril – who are said to have worked closely with Cosby, as well as Jewel Gittens, Jennifer Thompson and Cindra Ladd.
The women filed the lawsuit against Cosby on Monday (December 5) in the New York State court.
According to reports, the 34-page lawsuit accuses Cosby of assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and false imprisonment. The women also accuse media companies NBCUniversal Media, Kaufman Astoria Studios and The Carsey-Werner Company of negligence.
However, Cosby’s spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, has denied the claims by the women as what he described as ‘frivolous’ accusations.
In a statement, Wyatt said: “As we have always stated, and now America sees that this isn’t about justice for victims of alleged sexual assault, but it’s all about money.”
The accusations by the five women are among many accusing the 85-year-old actor and stand up comedian of sexual assault.
In 2018, Cosby was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home.
Cosby’s sentence was later overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2022, after it ruled that a ‘non-prosecution agreement’ with a previous prosecutor should have prevented the trial from taking place.
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