Bill Cosby Verdict Reached In Judy Huth Sexual Assault Trial
deadline.comBill Cosby could know very soon if a California jury has found him guilty of sexual abuse.For a second time in less than a week, jurors in Santa Monica have informed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan that they have reached a verdict in Judy Huth’s civil case against the man once known as “America’s Dad.” If everything goes according to plan, the decision will be read out in court within the next hour.Unlike in his criminal trials and now-vacated 2018 conviction for the 2004 rape of Andrea Constand, the 84-year-old Cosby does not face jail time in the Huth case.
However, the disgraced Cosby Show creator could end up paying millions in damages if today’s verdict goes against him.Huth, who first sued Cosby in 2014 for sexual battery and two other claims, alleges that the previously incarcerated comedian assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s when she was 16.
In language similar to what Cosby and his team have been using for years, a representative for the defendant said this month when the much-delayed trial finally began that “Mr.
Cosby will fully be exonerated once the jurors hear the evidence as well as examine the many inconsistent accounts given by Ms.
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