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US jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted teen in 1970s

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Judy Huth, now aged 64, was awarded $500,000 in damages after the jury in Santa Monica determined that Cosby had molested her in 1975 when she was just 16 years...

  • Bill Cosby. Picture: AFP

    Jury hears Bill Cosby sexual assault claims as new civil case begins

    The case is one of the few remaining legal actions against Cosby, 84, who has been accused of assault by dozens of women. He was jailed in 2018, but was freed last year when his conviction in a separate criminal case was overturned.

    77 days ago
  • Bill Cosby. Picture: AFP

    Bill Cosby sex assault case starts in California

    The case is the latest in a raft of legal actions against 84-year-old Cosby, who was once one of the most popular performers on US television.

    85 days ago
  • FILE: Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on 17 June 2017. Picture: AFP

    Bill Cosby sex assault case starts in California

    A trial against Bill Cosby was due to begin Monday in California, with a civil suit alleging the disgraced comedian sexually assaulted a teenage girl almost five decades ago.

    86 days ago
  • Attorney Jennifer Bonjean and Bill Cosby speak outside of Bill Cosby's home on 30 June 2021 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Cosby was released from prison after a court overturned his sex assault conviction. Picture: Michael Abbott/Getty Images/AFP

    Bill Cosby: from US cultural icon to prison... and now, a reprieve

    A new chapter in the 83-year-old comedian's tumultuous life story was written Wednesday when he walked free from prison after Pennsylvania' Supreme Court vacated his conviction.

    412 days ago
  • Bill Cosby. Picture: AFP

    US court quashes Bill Cosby's sex crimes conviction, allowing his release

    413 days ago
  • This booking photo obtained from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, on 25 September 2018 shows comedian Bill Cosby after his sentencing for sexual assault. Picture: AFP.

    Bill Cosby files new appeal over sexual assault conviction

    In court documents filed Tuesday with Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, Cosby's lawyers argue that five women should not have been allowed to give evidence at his trial as witnesses.

    735 days ago
  • Bill Cosby. Picture: AFP

    Pennsylvania court rejects Bill Cosby's appeal of sex assault conviction

    Bill Cosby’s second trial played out after the #MeToo movement had exposed how widely women had been subjected to sexual harassment and abuse across wide swaths of American life.

    980 days ago
  • FILE: Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on 17 June 2017. Picture: AFP

    Pennsylvania judges skeptical of Cosby effort to reverse sex assault conviction

    Cosby became the first celebrity to be convicted in the #MeToo era when a jury found him guilty in April 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004.

    1100 days ago
  • This booking photo obtained from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, on 25 September 2018 shows comedian Bill Cosby after his sentencing for sexual assault. Picture: AFP.

    Cosby's lawyers claim unfair trial, seek to overturn his sex assault conviction

    In court papers, prosecutors have countered that the testimony proved Andrea Constand’s assault was the 'culmination of a decades-long pattern of behaviour'.

    1101 days ago
  • Dr. Bill Cosby moderates a town hall meeting titled "A Conversation with Bill Cosby," at Wayne Community College in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday 13 January 2005. Picture: EPA.

    Bill Cosby settles defamation lawsuit brought by seven women

    The settlement ends a court fight that predates the 81-year-old’s conviction a year ago for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand.

    1229 days ago
  • US entertainer Bill Cosby (C) enters the Montgomery County Courthouse for the second day of a hearing regarding charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault in 2004 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 February 2016. Picture: EPA/Tracie van Auken

    Bill Cosby slapped with another lawsuit

    It’s been reported that Cosby has been slapped with another lawsuit by one of his accusers while he is still serving his prison sentence.

    1263 days ago
  • FILE: Kevin Spacey at the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards on 27 October 2017. Picture: AFP

    Kevin Spacey due in court over sex assault claims

    The "House of Cards" star had asked that his lawyers represent him at the hearing, but Judge Thomas Barrett declined, forcing Spacey to appear before him at 11:00 am.

    1318 days ago
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    [WATCH] 2018: The good life and teary moments

    From music to fashion, trends and threads, controversies and 'Champagne Darling'. Here is a wrap-up of 2018's lifestyle news.

    1337 days ago
  • Comedian Bill Cosby is taken into custody in handcuffs at Montgomery County Courthouse 25 September, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, after being sentenced to at least three years in prison and branded a 'sexually violent predator' for assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago. Picture: AFP

    Bill Cosby seeks new sexual assault trial, reduced prison sentence

    Cosby’s attorneys have previously taken issue with the judge’s wife being a psychiatrist who works with sexual assault victims.

    1408 days ago
  • FILE: Harvey Weinstein at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009. Picture: AFP.

    The Weinstein Affair: 10 key moments in a global fallout

    Here are 10 major moments in the saga that has rocked the worlds of cinema, politics, sport and beyond.

    1413 days ago
  • FILE: Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on 17 June 2017. Picture: AFP

    Cosby's appeal likely to focus on parade of accusers at his second trial

    Cosby’s lawyers face a difficult burden in convincing an appellate court to second-guess Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill’s decision on Tuesday.

    1420 days ago
  • A profile of TV legend Bill Cosby, who was sentenced to imprisonment after being found guilty of sexual assault. Picture: AFP

    Bill Cosby’s fall from grace

    A profile of TV legend Bill Cosby, who was sentenced to imprisonment after being found guilty of sexual assault.

    1421 days ago
  • Comedian Bill Cosby is taken into custody in handcuffs at Montgomery County Courthouse 25 September, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, after being sentenced to at least three years in prison and branded a 'sexually violent predator' for assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] Bill Cosby sentenced to between 3 to 10 years in prison

    US television icon Bill Cosby was sentenced to between three to 10 years in prison by a judge and branded a 'sexually violent predator' for assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago.

    1421 days ago
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