According to Cosby, the confidential agreement was violated previous year when Constand and her mother sat down for interviews with the new district attorney, which led to the criminal charges he now faces.
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With that as the backdrop, “Mr. Cosby has today stepped away from that suit and will instead focus his efforts on defending himself against the claims that have been lodged against him”, lawyer Angela Agrusa said.
Comedian Bill Cosby on Thursday dropped the remaining counts of a lawsuit he filed against one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, along with several others, claiming they violated the terms of a confidential settlement in another lawsuit.
But the dispute over Constand’s tweets, a brief interview she gave to the Toronto Sun last July and other public statements could move forward, the judge said. His lawyers haven’t responded to a phone message seeking comment.
“With a court validation of his ability to proceed”.
Host Seth Meyers asks Lenny Kravitz if there’s any truth behind the story that Bill Clinton called Kravitz at home. At the time, Bill Clinton was president and he asked Kravitz to play at that year’s Democratic National Convention.
The lawyer said Cosby considered it a victory last week when the judge on the case declined to toss the entire action in a split decision.
The dismissal comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled that Cosby could not sue Andrea Constand, her mother, Gianna Constand, or her attorneys, Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, for speaking to investigators about her accusations.
According to legal documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Cosby filed the complaint against Constand and bosses at American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, but since the papers were filed under seal, it was unclear what Cosby was suing both parties for.
Pennsylvania prosecutors charged him with felony indecent assault in December – just weeks before the statute of limitations was due to run out.
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Cosby’s has denied such accusations in the past, and in some cases filed suit against his accusers.
