Nine additional women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault against Bill Cosby in a lawsuit that accuses him of using his immense power, fame, and prestige to victimize them. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Nevada, claims that these women were individually drugged and assaulted between 1979 and 1992 in various locations, including homes, dressing rooms, and hotels in Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe.
One woman states that Cosby, posing as her acting mentor, enticed her to travel from New York to Nevada, where he drugged her with what he claimed was non-alcoholic sparkling cider and then raped her in a hotel room. This latest development adds to the growing number of accusations against the 85-year-old former star of the Cosby Show, totaling over 60 allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. Cosby has consistently denied all these claims involving sexual crimes. He became the first celebrity to be tried and convicted during the #MeToo movement and spent almost three years in a state prison near Philadelphia before his conviction was overturned by a higher court in 2021.
On a separate note, earlier this year, a Los Angeles jury awarded $500,000 to a woman who alleged that Cosby sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion when she was just 16 years old in 1975. The filing of the Nevada lawsuit coincides with Governor Joe Lombardo signing a bill that removes the two-year deadline for adults to file sexual abuse cases, allowing victims more time to come forward. Other states have implemented similar legislation.
One of the plaintiffs, Lise-Lotte Lublin, a Nevada native, had actively supported this change. She had previously accused Cosby of giving her spiked drinks and raping her in a Las Vegas hotel in 1989. It is important to note that The Associated Press follows a policy of not identifying individuals claiming to be victims of sexual assault unless they make their accusations publicly known.
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Lotte-Lublin expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to seek justice and fight for herself, stating that her journey has only just begun with the new law change.
In California, a former Playboy model has sued Cosby under a new state law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims. Cosby’s publicist, Andrew Wyatt, criticized such laws for flooding the courts with civil suits, suggesting that these women are motivated by media attention and greed rather than seeking justice for victims. Wyatt vowed to scrutinize these women’s allegations in both the court of public opinion and the actual courtroom.
The latest lawsuit accuses Cosby of using his power, fame, and interest in helping the victims’ careers as a pretext to isolate and sexually assault them. This perpetuates the pattern of behavior described by previous accusers.
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