Bill Cosby has been found civilly liable of sexually assaulting Judy Huth while she was underage at the Playboy Mansion 1975, Us Weekly can confirm.During the verdict on Tuesday, June 16, a civil jury ruled in favor of Huth, 64, who alleged that the 65-year-old Pennsylvania native had molested her in a bedroom during a party at Hugh Hefner’s house when she was 16 years old.While the Cosby Show alum was not present for the final ruling, documents obtained by Us from the two-week-long trial confirm that Huth was rewarded $500,000 in damages.
The documents also state that Huth was “under the age of 18 years” when she came into contact with Cosby and that he “intended to cause harmful or offensive contact with Ms.
Huth by “use of his sexual organs,” while being motivated by “abnormal” and “unnatural” sexual interest in her as a minor.Despite the verdict, Cosby’s publicist and crisis manager told Us on Tuesday that the trial “was a huge victory” for the disgraced comedian.“They are looking for millions of dollars,” the rep explained. “That amount [awarded] will not cover the legal bills and we will be appealing that matter.
However, Mr. Cosby will not be paying punitive damages,” they concluded.The Pennsylvania native, who has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by over 60 women, was sentenced to prison after in September 2018 after being deemed a “sexually violent predator” in the assault case against Andrea Constand.
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