Who is Judy Huth?
DISGRACED comedian Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual abuse by a jury in a civil court on June 21, 2022.
Cosby returned to court in May 2022 to fight the civil lawsuit by Judy Huth and has denied the allegations made against him.
Who is Judy Huth?
Judy Huth, 64, is a California woman who gained attention after filing a lawsuit against Bill Cosby in 2014.
Cosby, 84, and Huth's relationship dates back to 1975 when she was 16 years old.
During that time, she claims that the star sexually assaulted her in a bedroom at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, allegations Cosby continues to deny.
“While defendant does not deny that he socialized with plaintiff at the Playboy Mansion, as he did other women and men who frequented the club,” his lawyers said in court papers, via , adding that the “defendant vehemently denies that plaintiff was underage.”
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Huth's case was first brought to light in 2014 when she filed the suit after Cosby was released from jail.
Cosby is also the target of another civil suit in New Jersey, the was filed by former The Cosby Show star Lili Bernard, who alleges that Cosby drugged and raped her in Atlantic City in 1990.
What happened during the Judy Huth trial?
A civil jury found Cosby to be guilty of sexually abusing Huth when she was 16 years old.
Cosby denied he had any sexual contact with Huth, but the jury ruled he did reasonably know Huth was under the age of 18.
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In closing statements on June 17, Huth’s attorney Nathan Goldberg told the jury, “my client deserves to have Mr. Cosby held accountable for what he did.”
He added, “Each of you knows in your heart that Mr. Cosby sexually assaulted Miss Huth."
Throughout the trial, Cosby's attorney Jennifer Bonjean challenged Huth over alleged errors in the details of her stories.
In Bonjean's closing arguments, she told the jury, "It’s on like Donkey Kong,” and finished her statement by declaring, “game over.”
Goldberg responded to her statements by shouting, “This is about justice!
“We don’t need game over! We need justice!”
The Los Angeles County jury declared their verdict in favor of Huth, who was awarded $500k.
Why was Bill Cosby released from jail?
Cosby has been accused of assaulting more than 60 women, however, Huth's case is the only one involving allegations of child abuse, according to .
The allegations led to charges being filed in 2015 and a trial shortly after.
In April 2018, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to three to ten years in prison.
However, his conviction was overturned in October 2021 by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
At the time, the court found that there had been a "process violation" stemming from an "unusual" previous agreement with state district attorney Bruce Castor.
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It stated that Cosby would not be charged after giving evidence in 2005 during a lawsuit brought against him by former basketball player Andrea Constand.
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According to , the court's ruling bars any retrial in the case.
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