The trial against Bill Cosby came to an end this Tuesday, June 21. The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict in favor of Judy Huth, who accused the actor of sexual abuse when he was a teenager. Currently, she is 64 years old. The court also awarded the victim the amount of $500,000.
Jurors concluded that the comedian intentionally caused harmful sexual contact against Huth because he reasonably believed that she was under the age of 18 and that his conduct was out of an abnormal sexual interest in a minor.
In addition, Cosby’s lawyers claimed that the artist met the young woman and her friend when she was in high school, during a film in Southern California, in 1975. After that, she invited them to a playroom in the Playboy mansion for a few days. . Donna Samuelson was the key witness in Huth’s trial against Cosby, as she took pictures of the teenager and the actor at the mansion.
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Actor denies sexual assault against teenager
The judge’s decision comes after his criminal sexual assault conviction in Pennsylvania was overturned and he was released. However, Huth’s complaint was one of the latest legal requests against the 84-year-old actor after his insurer settled other cases.
Although the musician also did not attend the trial or testify in person, his defense showed the jury some videos of him from 2015, in which he denies having violated the young woman. Likewise, the actor has denied the accusation through his lawyer and publicist.
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During the trial, Huth’s attorney, Nathan Goldberg, told a nine-woman, three-man jury that his client deserves to hold Huth accountable for what he did to her. “Each of you knows in your heart that Mr. Cosby sexually assaulted Ms. Huth,” he said.
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After several weeks of deliberation, Judge Craig Karla ruled that Bill Cosby must pay $500,000 in damages to Judy Huth for the rape case, which occurred at the Playboy Mansion, California.
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