Disgraced comic Invoice Cosby is being accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an adolescent in 1986 in a brand new civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Courtroom in Las Vegas.
That is the newest lawsuit towards the previous ”Cosby Present” star, who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by greater than 60 ladies. He has denied all allegations.
Cosby, 86, was one of many first main celebrities convicted of sexual assault within the #MeToo period and spent practically three years at a state jail close to Philadelphia earlier than a better court docket threw out his conviction and launched him in 2021, stunning prosecutors and his accusers.
Based on the newest lawsuit, Cosby befriended Chelan Lasha when she was 15 after Cosby noticed an image of her on her stepmother’s desk and he supplied to assist along with her modeling profession. Lasha was one among 5 accusers who testified at Cosby’s sexual assault trial in 2018.
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When Cosby visited the household’s residence in North Las Vegas, he would hand out Jello pudding pops to children within the neighborhood, the go well with claims. Then, when Lasha was 17 years outdated, Cosby requested her to go a set on the Las Vegas Hilton, the place Lasha labored on the bell desk, to have knowledgeable photographer take headshots, based on the go well with.
The photographer took images of Lasha after which Cosby requested her to moist her hair and placed on a gown, the go well with says. She did whereas carrying a skort and a tank prime beneath, based on the go well with. After the photographer left, Cosby supplied Lasha a blue capsule he mentioned was an antihistamine, to assist her along with her sinus points as a result of she had been blowing her nostril, together with a glass of Amaretto, the go well with says.
”(Lasha) took the tablet as Cosby had instructed as a result of she trusted him and thought he was a great man. She by no means imagined that he was going to drug her and sexually assault her,” the go well with says.
After working traces with a vocal coach, Cosby gave her one other glass of Amaretto and stored asking her if she was okay, based on the go well with. When she sat down on a sofa, he started rubbing her shoulders and advised her she wanted to put down, the go well with says.
”He took her down a hall to a bed room and laid Plaintiff down on a mattress. Cosby lay subsequent to Plaintiff. Plaintiff right now realized that she couldn’t transfer. Her eyes had been open and he or she was conscious of what was occurring however she couldn’t do something about it,” based on the lawsuit.
”Cosby began touching Plaintiff’s breasts and nipples and was humping on her leg and grunting. Then Plaintiff felt Cosby ejaculating on her leg,” the lawsuit claims.
Lasha then handed out and awakened groggy to Cosby repeatedly clapping his fingers, saying: ”Daddy says get up,” based on the lawsuit. Lasha seen she was bare underneath her gown, the go well with says.
”She was conscious that Cosby had had intercourse along with her. The plaintiff by no means consented to having intercourse with Cosby. She had been a virgin previous to this assault,” based on the lawsuit.
Cosby then advised her to dress and go away, and handed her a stack of $100 payments as he escorted her to the elevator, the go well with says.
After she acquired residence, Lasha advised her sister and a pal what had occurred, based on the go well with. She additionally seen blood stains in her underwear, the go well with mentioned. ”Cosby referred to as Plaintiff on the telephone a few days later and requested Plaintiff how she was doing. She mentioned she was not doing effectively and she was crying. Cosby then mentioned those who speak an excessive amount of may be quieted,” based on the lawsuit.
Quickly after, Lasha was ”black-balled” from the leisure business, the go well with claims. The traumatic incident ended up affecting the remainder of Lasha’s life, the go well with says.
”She ended up having a downward spiral in her life and suffered many long-term issues, together with drug dependancy and different pathologies,” based on the lawsuit. ”The sexual assault has had lifelong unfavorable impacts on Plaintiff’s life, because it set her down a deleterious path and has tormented her ever since. She nonetheless breaks down crying about it to at the present time, and can possible achieve this for the remainder of her life, or at least till she will get some justice and closure with Cosby dealing with accountability for his wrongful actions towards her.”
Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s publicist, mentioned in a press release on Thursday that the comic had no remark and
referred to as the lawsuits towards him ”100% ridiculous and ludicrous.”
”Throughout the 2018 trial, throughout cross examination, Ms. Lasha said underneath oath, ’Dr. Huxatable raped and drugged me.’ Nonetheless, the ’Cosby Present’ had not come to fruition,” he mentioned. ”Media ought to vet these ladies extensively.”
Final yr, 9 ladies additionally filed a lawsuit towards Cosby in Nevada. Every lady accused the comic of sexual battery, assault, and abuse between 1979 and 1992, some in Las Vegas resorts. The ladies claimed Cosby ”drugged or tried to drug” every of them.
In 2022, a Los Angeles jury awarded awarded $500,000 to a lady who mentioned Cosby sexually abused her on the Playboy Mansion when she was 16 in 1975.
Lasha, who’s alleging sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor, battery, assault, infliction of emotional misery and false imprisonment, is searching for compensatory and punitive damages, based on the go well with.