Washington [US]: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has said that American comic and actor Bill Cosby, in his sexual assault civil case related to a minor from the Nineteen Seventies, will now not get to re-litigate.
According to Deadline, in a September 27 ruling, Judge Craig Karlan said, “Cosby did not establish he acquired an unfair trial or that inadequate proof existed to establish his liability for Plaintiff’s damage.” This decision denies Cosby a retrial on the decades-vintage claims with the aid of Judy Huth. The ruling by the LASC judge got here fairly quickly after listening to arguments on September 23 in the Santa Monica Courthouse.
Cosby’s attorneys have sought to have Karlan overturn the June jury selection towards their customer, primarily based normally on timeline inconsistencies in Huth’s case.
Initially, back in 2014, Huth claimed that she was assaulted by Cosby at 15 in Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion. Mere weeks before the civil trial, Huth stated that she had a clear reminiscence of events and moved the yr of the attack to 1975.
In an announcement to Deadline, Cosby’s longtime consultant Andrew Wyatt said, “Judge Karlan denying Mr Cosby a brand new trial changed into anticipated; however, it’s unlucky that this chooses neglected the inconsistencies in Ms Huth testimony for the duration of pass-exam and the mere fact that Ms Huth changed her timeline of events within the eleventh hour earlier than the trial.”
He introduced, “We have constantly stood our floor by announcing, ‘This was a tribulation by way of assassination against Mr Cosby.’ The afterglow for Mr Cosby is that he maintains his innocence and vehemently denies all alleged allegations waged against him; but most importantly, Mr Cosby will pass ahead with his attraction, with the intention to avert any monies (USD 500,000) being awarded to Ms Huth.”
Previously, over 50 ladies have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct. The American actor was also convicted of sexually harassing Andrea Constand in Philadelphia, due to which he turned into sentenced to three years in a state prison in Pennsylvania, said CNN. However, on an attraction, his conviction was overturned, and he changed into launched from prison in September 2021.
