{"id":22543,"date":"2022-06-21T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22543"},"modified":"2022-06-21T21:02:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T01:02:18","slug":"bill-cosby-assaulted-teen-at-playboy-mansion-jury-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/06\/21\/bill-cosby-assaulted-teen-at-playboy-mansion-jury-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Cosby assaulted teen at Playboy Mansion, jury finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Judy Huth testified to the civil trial that Cosby, 84, had forced her to perform a sex act on him at the venue when she was 16 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The jury also ruled that Cosby must pay Ms Huth, who is now 64, $500,000 (\u00a3407,000) in damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Less than a year ago, Cosby walked free from prison after his sexual assault conviction was thrown out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">More than 50 women have come forward with abuse allegations against the man once known as &#8220;America&#8217;s Dad&#8221;, charges he denies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The civil case against Cosby in Santa Monica, California, was the first to go to trial and represented one of the last remaining legal actions against him. Filed in 2014, it was delayed for years by Cosby&#8217;s criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-61664500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Cosby &#8216;pounced&#8217; on teen in Playboy Mansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-30194819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The story of Bill Cosby&#8217;s rise, fall and release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-57677386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accusers speak of shock after Bill Cosby freed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Ms Huth&#8217;s suit alleged that he brought her and another underage friend to the infamous mansion, lured her to a bedroom and forced himself on her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">When she resisted, he forced her to perform a sex act on him, she testified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In tears on the stand, Ms Huth told the court she felt &#8220;mad, duped and foolish&#8221; after the incident, as her lawyers presented a photo of her and Cosby inside the mansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Cosby was not required to appear in person at the trial and never did, but the court saw a 2015 deposition by Ms Huth&#8217;s attorneys, in which the comedian said he did not remember her and would not have pursued sex with a minor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Lawyers for Cosby sought to poke holes in Ms Huth&#8217;s claims, noting she had initially said she was 15 at the time of the incident, but changed that detail weeks before the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">They claimed Ms Huth had offered her photo with Cosby to tabloids and others in search of a payout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8DDD\/production\/_125571363_15819ee4c8fc950ffdd4a180e7ac399f4d8e8d61.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Image shows Judy Huth arriving at court in Santa Monica\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-3d4gra-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\">Judy Huth (Image: Reuters)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Jurors were also shown a videotaped 2016 deposition of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner &#8211; a close friend of Cosby in the 1970s &#8211; who said it would have been &#8220;very unusual&#8221; for underage girls to be allowed inside the mansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Known to millions for his portrayal of TV dad Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the comic has faced accusations of sexual assault, misconduct and rape stretching back to the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In 2018, he was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004 and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The conviction, however, was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year. 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