Camille Cosby has stood by her husband, comedic legend Bill Cosby, in the wake of dozens of sexual assault allegations. It’s unclear if that’s it or if she has to return to continue being deposed.
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No details have emerged about what Camille Cosby said during her deposition.
In a ruling late Sunday, a judge said Monday’s deposition can take place. At least “a dozen” times Cosby’s attorneys claimed Camille did not have to answer questions due to a rule disqualifying spouses from testifying against each other. Written transcripts of depositions are generally sealed from public view because they are considered discovery materials shared between lawyers on both sides.
After numerous women went public with sexual assault allegations against her husband, Camille Cosby issued a supportive statement, calling him “a kind man, a generous man, a amusing man, and a wonderful husband, father and friend”.
“He is the man you thought you knew”, she said in December 2014.
Camille Cosby and her lawyers met with lawyers for the seven women suing her husband for about seven or eight hours Monday. Cammarata added, “Finally, we can move forward and vindicate” our clients. Cammarata says, “I intend to do what I need to do for my clients”. Camille Cosby hadn’t been seen before she was scheduled to be deposed, and there was security stationed at all entrances of the hotel.
Carla told DailyMail.com that Camille was present in the home when she was attacked by Cosby.
But the women argued that Camille was Cosby’s business manager and did have relevant information to help them with their case. They have argued she doesn’t have any information on the accuracy of the women’s claims and her conversations with her husband are confidential under the MA marital disqualification rule.
Seven women brought a defamation lawsuit against her husband, to whom she’s been married for more than 50 years. However, Bill Cosby is facing a criminal indictment in Pennsylvania. She continues the deposition on March 14, but the location hasn’t been determined. “We expect to probe carefully and respectfully”. However, he is open to the possibility of involving the judge if she refuses to cooperate. “She has the ability to live with him, be with him … understand who he associates with”. “She does even want me to ask her her name”. The remainder of the time was spent going back and forth between lawyers about what Camille could and could not say, and with two phone calls to a judge “to elicit help”, said Joseph Cammarata in a press conference tonight. Cosby, 78, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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Bill Cosby has denied allegations of sexual impropriety spanning decades. But Pennsylvania officials late a year ago charged Cosby with sexually assaulting a woman in 2005 in a criminal case.
