Actor and comedian Bill Cosby has been found liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was a teenager. The jury in the civil case against him, awarded Judy Huth $500,000 (£407,000) in damages for emotional distress.
Talking outside the court following the ruling Ms Huth said:"It just, it's been torture. It has -- just to be ripped apart, you know, thrown under the bus, backed over. And this to me is such a big victory. It really is. To all victims. I mean it."In video testimony shown to jurors, Cosby said he did not remember Ms Huth. But he said the incident could not have happened because he would not have pursued sexual contact at that time with someone who was under 18.
Cosby's lawyer Jennifer Bonjean challenged Ms Huth's account throughout the trial, including her revised timeline. When the lawsuit was filed in December 2014, Ms Huth said the incident occurred in 1974, when she was 15. She told jurors she recently concluded she had been mistaken about the year and now believes it happened in 1975.Cosby, 84, a ground-breaking black actor who grew up in public housing in Philadelphia, made a fortune estimated at $400m during his 50 years in the entertainment industry.
But his family-friendly reputation was shattered after more than 50 women accused him of sexual assaults they claimed happened over nearly five decades.
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