Cosby to sue one of his alleged victims

Prosecutors investigated but quickly declined to prosecute, leading Constand to file a civil lawsuit that ended with a settlement and confidentiality agreement.

The 78-year-old TV star is accused of drugging and violating an ex-Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004 and could get 10 years in prison if convicted.

Cosby first filed the breach-of-contract lawsuit against Constand on 1 February, a day before a criminal case hearing against him which included the testimony of Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troiani. The complaint states that she and Cosby reached a settlement in that case in exchange for her signing the confidentiality agreement.

The suit also alleges that American Media Inc., which owns the National Enquirer, has continued to publish numerous stories about Constand’s claims regarding Cosby “despite its clear contractual obligations to not publish any stories relating to certain allegations against Mr. Cosby”.

A day before an important hearing for his case, Bill Cosby made a decision to sue the woman who accused him of sexual assault more than a decade ago. In the call, which may have been illegally recorded, Cosby allegedly corroborated Andrea Constand’s allegations about what happened, according to the criminal complaint.

An entertainer who built a career on family-friendly comedy, Cosby now faces accusations from more than 50 women that he sexually assaulted them, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol, in a series of attacks dating to the 1960s.

The next hearing in that case is set for March 8.

As a condition of not being prosecuted, however, Cosby gave a revealing deposition in which he admits to giving Constand Quaaludes.

Cosby is seeking repayment of money paid to settle the lawsuit.

Cosby, in the deposition, said he had a contract with the Enquirer.

The defence insists Cosby had a promise from a previous district attorney that he would never be charged over the 2004 encounter.

Since the papers were filed under the cloak of seal, it is unclear what Cosby is suing both parties for. That case will likely go to trial, after a judge denied Cosby’s attempt to dismiss the case.

Cosby’s lawyers then asked him to approve an immediate appeal of the issue to the Superior Court.