Bill Cosby's Lawyers Are Trying to Keep His Upcoming Deposition Private
LatestBill Cosby lost his latest attempt to stop a civil lawsuit filed by Judy Huth, who says Cosby molested her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was 15 years old. The comedian will be deposed on Friday, October 9, and it will be the first time Cosby will speak directly about a sexual assault case in court since his 2005 deposition in the case of Andrea Constand, which was released by a judge earlier this year. In that deposition, he admitted to procuring quaaludes for sex.
According to the New York Times, Cosby’s deposition, which lawyer Gloria Allred has been chasing since filing Huth’s case in late 2014, will remain sealed until December. Judge Craig D. Karlan has not announced if the full deposition will be released, a decision he is saving for a separate hearing on December 22.
During Wednesday’s trial, Cosby’s attorney Martin Singer argued that the new deposition, which will be recorded, should be kept private—implying that the publicity Allred has sought (including naming Cosby in press conferences) has been inappropriate.