Bill Cosby Reportedly Denied Retrial In 1975 Playboy Mansion Sexual Assault Case

Previously, a civil trial against Bill Cosby concluded that the entertainer sexually abused a 16-year-old girl while at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. As a result, 64-year-old Judy Huth was awarded $500,000. Since then, Cosby and his legal team have asked for a re-trial. Now, a Los Angeles Superior court judge has denied the re-trial. 

Judge Craig Karlan ruled on September 27, saying: “Cosby has failed to establish he received an unfair trial or that insufficient evidence existed to establish his liability for Plaintiff’s harm.” Arguments for the possibility of a re-trial were made in the Santa Monica Courthouse days before, with attorneys for Cosby arguing to have the judge overturn the jury decision against the comedian. The push to overturn was based on inconsistencies in the timeline of events in Huth’s case. 

Cosby’s rep—Andrew Wyatt, issued a statement saying, “Judge Karlan denying Mr. Cosby a new trial was expected but it’s unfortunate that this judge ignored the inconsistencies in Ms. Huth's testimony during cross-examination and the mere fact that Ms. Huth changed her timeline of events in the 11th hour before the trial.” Wyatt went on to say the trial was an “assassination against Mr. Cosby.”

source: Deadline