U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni denied her emergency motion, as her lawyers stated that her court appearance “serves no objective other than to harass and embarrass her”. They argued the deposition, scheduled for Monday, would create a ” media circus” and threaten her personal safety.
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Cosby’s lawyers doing everything they can to keep her from having to testify in her husband’s defamation case.
In a further ruling on Sunday, a judge said today’s deposition can take place.
Indeed, it was a leaked deposition in another civil case that, according to prosecutors, helped strengthen the evidence to indict Bill Cosby.
She is due to testify on Monday in the case against husband Bill Cosby, as he is accused of defaming women by denying their allegations of sexual assault and branding them as liars.
Camille Cosby is slated to answer questions under oath in a defamation lawsuit brought against her husband by seven women who say he sexually assaulted them decades ago. Cammarata asked, previewing his line of questioning in a telephone interview.
Camille Cosby was being questioned by a lawyer for the women at the Springfield Marriott despite futile attempts by the couple to get the deposition postponed. Since the spousal privilege in MA only applies to criminal matters, she relied on the state’s marital disqualification rule to argue that any relevant testimony is prohibited by the rule.
Bill Cosby and his wife Camille Cosby speak onstage at the Apollo Theater 75th Anniversary Gala at The Apollo Theater on June 8, 2009, in New York City.
“None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim”, she said.
The women are among 50 around the country who have accused Bill Cosby, 77, of sexual misconduct. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Cosby, 78, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, but a Pennsylvania judge early this month rejected his request to dismiss the charges.
