Jurors at a civil trial found Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, and awarded her $500,000.
Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth, that he reasonably believed she was under 18, and that his conduct was driven by unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a minor. Read more: Bill Cosby civil trial over alleged sex assault closes with accusations of lying The jurors’ decision is a major legal defeat for the 84-year-old entertainer once hailed as America’s dad.
It comes nearly a year after his Pennsylvania criminal conviction for sexual assault was thrown out and he was freed from prison.
Huth’s lawsuit was one of the last remaining legal claims against him after his insurer settled many others against his will.
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