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November 8th, 2006, 9:30:16 PM
Cosby settles with Pickering woman
Lawsuit launched in 2005 after police investigation into sexual assault claim dropped
Nov. 8, 2006. 02:49 PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby settled a civil lawsuit filed by a Pickering woman who said the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia.
Terms of the settlement will remain confidential, according to a one-paragraph statement issued Wednesday by the woman’s law firm.
Cosby’s publicist David Brokaw confirmed the settlement and said there would be no further comment.
The woman claimed that Cosby, 69, assaulted her at his mansion in Cheltenham in early 2004 after giving her pills. Attorneys for Cosby say the comedian gave the woman Benadryl after she complained of stress and sleeping problems.
The federal judge presiding over the case earlier denied Cosby’s request for a gag order and the plaintiff’s request to shield the names of a dozen other women who say Cosby assaulted them.
The plaintiff, who is in her 30s, previously worked at Temple University in Philadelphia but has since returned to Pickering.
Temple University touts Cosby as one of its most famous alumni. The woman is identified in court documents, but The Associated Press does not publish names of alleged sexual assault victims without their consent.
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Lawsuit launched in 2005 after police investigation into sexual assault claim dropped
Nov. 8, 2006. 02:49 PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby settled a civil lawsuit filed by a Pickering woman who said the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia.
Terms of the settlement will remain confidential, according to a one-paragraph statement issued Wednesday by the woman’s law firm.
Cosby’s publicist David Brokaw confirmed the settlement and said there would be no further comment.
The woman claimed that Cosby, 69, assaulted her at his mansion in Cheltenham in early 2004 after giving her pills. Attorneys for Cosby say the comedian gave the woman Benadryl after she complained of stress and sleeping problems.
The federal judge presiding over the case earlier denied Cosby’s request for a gag order and the plaintiff’s request to shield the names of a dozen other women who say Cosby assaulted them.
The plaintiff, who is in her 30s, previously worked at Temple University in Philadelphia but has since returned to Pickering.
Temple University touts Cosby as one of its most famous alumni. The woman is identified in court documents, but The Associated Press does not publish names of alleged sexual assault victims without their consent.
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