On Tuesday, a California court found comedian Bill Cosby guilty of sexually assaulting 16-year-old Judy Hut in 1975.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan awarded $500,000 in damages. Cosby must pay Hutu for this case sexual abuse which took place in one of the rooms of the famous Playboy mansion located in Los Angeles (California).
Huth sued Cosby in 2014 and despite there being court precedent against the same musician that voided the prescribing charge, it was upheld by the jury because California law extends the time limit for civil suits if the victim was a minor at the time of the crime. to attack.
Cosby did not appear at any of the sessions of that trial, citing the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which gives any person the right not to testify if his words could be used to incriminate him with a crime.
Lawsuit against Bill Cosby
On the first day of the trial, three weeks ago, Hoot’s attorney, Nathan Goldberg, said that Bill Cosby He took advantage of places that were safe for the young woman, such as a public park and arcade, to gain her trust.
And the fact is that, according to the prosecution, the comedian met Huth when she played sports with her friend Donna Samuelson, during the filming of Let’s Do It Again, and later, Cosby he invited them both to the games room in the mansion.
“He told me this Bill Cosby tried to have sex with her (…), and she asked me to leave immediately,” Samuelson testified about this event, in which the comedian tried to put Huth’s hand in his pants and forced her to have sexual sex.
Bill Cosby, the first prisoner of the Me Too era.
This is one of the latest cases of alleged sex crimes facing Cosby84-year-old who went to jail in 2018 for sexual abuse Canadian Andrea Constand, becoming the first celebrity to go to jail during the MeToo era.
Cosby was released last year after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction under a previous civil settlement in which he awarded damages to the victim.
After his release from prison, the comedian expressed his intention to act in the US, Canada and the UK, and also intended to lead the campaign for “justice reform” and “prison system”, based on his own experience.
In addition to this process, Cosby opened another case in New Jersey, where another actress accuses him of sexual abuse.
(As reported by EFE)
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