Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing case against Bill Cosby
Los Angeles prosecutors are reviewing an
investigation into a model's accusations that Bill
Cosby sexually abused her at the Playboy
Mansion, an official said Thursday.
District attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison
said Thursday that police detectives presented
evidence Wednesday afternoon for a possible
criminal case.
There's no timetable for when a decision will be
made on whether to charge the comedian, and it
is unclear what charges could be filed.
Model Chloe Goins met with detectives in
January and has accused Cosby of drugging her
and accosting her in a bedroom of the Playboy
Mansion in August 2008, but the comedian's
lawyer has denied the claims, saying Cosby
wasn't in Los Angeles at the time.
An email seeking comment from Cosby's
attorney, Marty Singer, was not immediately
returned.
Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of
sexual misconduct, but most of their claims are
barred from being filed as civil or criminal cases
due to statutes of limitations.
Goins was the second woman to meet with Los
Angeles police detectives to detail accusations
against Cosby.
Prosecutors rejected filing charges against Cosby
based on allegations by Judy Huth, a Riverside
County resident who is suing the comedian,
alleging he abused her in the early 1970s when
she was 15 years old. Huth's lawsuit also states
the abuse happened at the Playboy Mansion.
Huth's claims were rejected for a criminal case
because the statute of limitations had expired.
Cosby, 78, is scheduled to be deposed in that
case Oct. 9.
Fallout from the allegations against Cosby
continues, with the University of San Francisco,
a Jesuit Catholic school, revoking an honorary
degree it presented to Cosby in 2012. The school
announced the decision Wednesday, the same
day Brown University revoked a doctorate of
humane letters it granted Cosby in 1985, and
days after Fordham and Marquette universities
rescinded degrees they bestowed to Cosby.
AP
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