Bill Cosby Rape Allegations Latest News: Cosby Sued for Allegedly Assaulting 15-Year-Old Girl in 1974
LOS ANGELES -- Bill Cosby was sued Tuesday by Judy Huth of southern California, who says the 77-year-old comedian molested her at the Playboy mansion when she was just 15 years old in 1974. It is unknown how much in damages she is seeking from the beleaguered comedian, but the suit states that the alleged molestation caused "significant problems throughout her life."
Cosby, known internationally as the educated and moral head of television's Huxtable family, previously has been very open about his faith in God and his Christian upbringing. His high-profile talks about education and uplift in the African-American community make the accusations of his immoral behavior even more shocking.
Huth's lawsuit, which was filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday, states that she and a 16-year-old friend met Cosby at a film shoot in Los Angeles for the first time, then saw him again a week later at a tennis club. Then, the comedian allegedly brought them to the Playboy mansion, got Huth alone in a bedroom, and ordered her to perform a sex act on him with his hand, according to the Associated Press.
The California woman says that she is a victim of emotional distress, and that its affect on her life was only discovered in the last three years — under state law, the timeframe allows her to sue even though the events occurred decades ago.
"This traumatic incident, at such a tender age, has caused psychological damage and mental anguish for (Huth) that has caused significant problems throughout her life," the suit reads.
Neither Cosby or his attorneys have responded to the latest accusations, though they have categorically denied all claims and consistently remind the public that the comedian was never charged in any crime.
"I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos. People should fact check. People shouldn't have to go through that and shouldn't answer to innuendos," Cosby told Florida Today in a recent interview.
Cosby's lawyer Marty Singer also slammed the "decades-old discredited allegations," saying his client's accusers are simply after money.
"There has never been a shortage of lawyers willing to represent people with claims against rich, powerful men, so it makes no sense that not one of these new women who just came forward for the first time now ever asserted a legal claim back at the time they allege they had been sexually assaulted," said Singer.