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02.06.2023 - 03:09 / etcanada.com
A former Playboy model has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby.
The lawsuit alleges that the now 85-year-old actor sexually assaulted her after they crossed paths at a Los Angeles restaurant in 1969, claiming she was drugged and raped, according to People.
Victoria Valentino has filed the lawsuit against Cosby in Los Angeles County Superior Court, nearly six months after five women who previously accused the disgraced comedian of sexual assault filed a 34-page complaint against the actor in New York’s Supreme Court.
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These claims were initially brought forward by Valentino in 2014.
Valentino alleges that after noticing her in distress over the death of her 6-year-old son, Bill Cosby approached her and offered a pill, stating, “Here! Take this! It will make you feel better. It will make us all feel better.”
She then alleges that after consuming the pill, she was rendered incapacitated and subsequently engaged in forced sexual intercourse with Cosby.
In a press release shared by her attorney, Valentino expressed that Cosby exploited her during a time of deep sorrow when she was grieving the loss of her son.
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In a statement given to People, Andrew Wyatt, spokesperson for Cosby, characterized the lawsuit as an assault on “the Black men in America.”
“Victoria Valentino has skirted from town to town promoting her alleged allegations against Mr. Cosby to anyone that would give her platform, without any proof or facts,” says the statement. “America is continuing to see that this a formula to make sure that
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Bill Cosby has been sued again for sexual assault, this time in Nevada under a newly-enacted law that eliminates the statute of limitations for civil cases.
J. Kim Murphy Bill Cosby faces a new sexual assault lawsuit, this one in the state of Nevada. A case in the name of nine women was filed in the U.S. District Court for Nevada, alleging that the disgraced actor and comedian exercised his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault the individuals named in the case. Per NBC News, a group of the women will speak in an interview on “NBC News Daily” on Thursday. Pam Joy Abeyta, Lili Bernard, Rebecca Cooper, Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin, Linda Kirkpatrick, Janice Baker Kinney, Angela Leslie and Heidi Thomas are named in the case. Cosby was convicted of a criminal sexual assault charge in Pennsylvania in April 2018. However, in 2021, the actor was released from prison after spending nearly three years behind the bars; the conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court. The actor, now 85 years old, has discussed plans for a comedy tour.
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will air an exclusive interview with the women on Thursday.Each woman says Cosby approached them with offers to help them in their careers, using “his enormous power, fame, and prestige, and claimed interest” in order to “isolate and sexually assault them.”The lawsuit then breaks down the individual accusations, each following a familiar pattern of being lured to a secluded place, pressured to take drugs, and then being raped. “Cosby forcefully sexually penetrated or otherwise sexually assaulted Plaintiffs against their will, all while Cosby knew they were mentally and physically incapable of resisting or consenting,” the suit says.The women say they “sustained in the past and will continue to sustain in the future psychological injury, pain, and suffering, serious and severe psychological and emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation,” and that they suffered medical expenses and economic problems as a result of their experiences.And plaintiffs are requesting a jury trial, and seek compensatory damages “for pain, suffering, injury, emotuonal distress and for medical expenses past and future,” pre-and-post-judgment interest, punitive damages and the coverage of legal fees, as determined by a jury.In a statement provided to TheWrap, Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt, said, “It’s interesting that these ‘Look Back Windows’ are formulating only in those states (New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles and Nevada) where many of Mr.
Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his «enormous power, fame and prestige» to victimize them. The suit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada, alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992 in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe homes, dressing rooms and hotels.One woman alleges that Cosby, claiming to be her acting mentor, lured her from New York to Nevada, where he drugged her in a hotel room with what he had claimed to be non-alcoholic sparkling cider and then raped her.The 85-year-old former star has now been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by more than 60 women.
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Amid Jimmie Allen’s sexual misconduct scandal, his record label dropped him as a client.
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Jimmie Allen is facing more charges of sexual misconduct. The country singer has been sued for sexual assault for the second time in less than a month, this time by a woman who claims he filmed their sexual encounter without her consent, according to court documents obtained by ET.An anonymous woman filed a police report in Las Vegas in July 2022, about the alleged encounter, which happened in May. In the documents, Jane Doe claims that Allen violated her privacy by secretly filming her, and also continued to engage in sexual contact with her after she'd revoked her consent.These charges come on the heels of Allen being sued for sexual assault and harassment by his former manager last month.
Joy Corrigan is heating up the Sunshine State. The former Playboy model, who has nearly a million followers on Instagram, strutted down the runway Thursday for Beach Bunny Swimwear.The fashion show is part of the annual Paraiso Miami Swim Week, where swimwear designers showcase their new and upcoming collections. The statuesque blonde unveiled her chiseled physique on the catwalk while rocking a medley of bikinis.
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Bill Cosby has been accused of sexually assaulting a former Playboy model in a new lawsuit. Victoria Valentino filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Thursday claiming that The Cosby Show star drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969. According to The Associated Press, the documents alleged that Cosby "engaged in forced sexual intercourse" with Valentino while she was incapacitated by the drug.
Bill Cosby is facing new allegations of sexual assault. A woman has filed suit against Cosby claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home in 1969.The lawsuit — filed by Victoria Valentino, 80, a former Playboy model and singer — was filed on Thursday, under a recent California law that suspended the statute of limitations when it comes to sex abuse claims, known as a «look back law.»According to the lawsuit, Valentino claims Cosby approached her at a cafe after he saw her crying over the drowning death of her 6-year-old son, the reports.
Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 sued him Thursday under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims. In her lawsuit, Victoria Valentino, 80, says she was an actress and singer 54 years ago, when she met Cosby, now 85. The comedian and actor later approached her at a Los Angeles café, where he spotted her crying over the recent drowning death of her 6-year-old son.
Almost a decade after Victoria Valentino first accused Bill Cosby of drugging and raping her, the former Playboy model is finally taking the man once known as America’s Dad to court.
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