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Bill Cosby Issues by danielose(m): 9:53am On Jan 22, 2016 |
Cosby wins in Pennsylvania court
By Pilar Melendez and Lorenzo Ferrigno, CNN
UPDATED: JAN 22, 2016 04:39 GMT
It was a win for Bill Cosby in court on Thursday.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania sided with the disgraced
comedian and granted Cosby's motion to dismiss a
defamation lawsuit, according to court records.
Renita Hill, one of the more than 50 women who have
publicly accused Cosby of assault, filed the civil suit in
October alleging that the actor and his lawyer defamed Hill
in the media, court records show.
Judge Arthur J. Schwab dismissed the three claims against
Cosby, ruling that the statements "do not support a claim for
defamation as defined by Pennsylvania law," according to
the ruling.
Hill's claims of defamation cite three instances in which
Cosby and his team said the accusers needed to be fact-
checked.
In November 2014, following Hill's public accusation of rape,
Cosby and his lawyer told The Washington Post that the
women coming forward had "unsubstantiated, fantastical
stories."
That same day, Cosby declined to respond to the
"innuendos" being made about him to Florida Today, stating
that "people should fact-check."
Shortly afterward, the comedian's wife, Camille Cosby, wrote
a letter to The Washington Post claiming that news
organizations failed to "vet" her husband's accusers.
In the ruling Thursday, Schwab found no grounds for
defamation, writing that the multiple claims were "pure
opinion" and a "far cry from labeling [Hill] (and the other
women who have made similar public assertions) as liars or
extortionists."
"None of the facts alleged by [Hill] supported her claims for
defamation, false light, or intentional infliction of emotional
distress under Pennsylvania law," Cosby's lawyers said in a
statement after the ruling. "It is our hope that courts in other
jurisdictions with similar matters will respond in like
manner."
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