Cosby demands money back from accuser in sex assault case

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a USA district court in Pennsylvania, names not only accuser Andrea Constand as a defendant, but also her mother, two of Constand’s lawyers, and American Media Inc., owner of the National Enquirer.

The complaint was filed “to enforce a binding, written Settlement Agreement entered into in 2006 among Mr. Cosby and each defendant, and to recover damages for defendants’ repeated and knowing breaches thereof”.

Constand, 42, stepped forward in 2005 and said Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her when she was a Temple University employee visiting his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.

This breach-of-contract lawsuit against Constant occurred right before a February 2 hearing including a testimony from her lawyer, Dolores Troiani; she mentioned in the hearing Cosby sued her, but did not elaborate.

Bill Cosby has sued the accuser in his pending criminal case in a bid to force her to repay a confidential sex abuse settlement.

“Despite being under no legal obligation to discuss any aspects of the events and allegations, … and despite being expressly prohibited from disclosing such information to anyone, Andrea Constand volunteered to participate and disclosed such information to the district attorney and others”, the lawsuit filed on Thursday said.

The complaint goes on to state that the National Enquirer has repeatedly violated the agreement by publishing numerous stories about the Constand case, including a January 6, 2016 exclusive interview with her.

It’s the money which he paid Andrea Constand out of court, allegedly to make up for any damages which the relationship between them caused, according to court documents.

In a motion filed in July in federal court, Cosby’s attorney, Patrick J. The statute of limitations has expired in most of the cases against him.

In late December, Cosby was arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault stemming from Constand’s allegations.

After the story accusing Constand of extortion was published in 2005, in 2006 Constand sued American Media and Cosby for libel.

If convicted of assaulting the former educator, the 78-year-old comedian could spend up to 10 years behind bars. Cosby himself sought this hearing to ascertain whether he still had a promise from the previous D.A. that he was immune from being charged over the encounter with Ms. Constand.

As the days tick away to the start of the criminal trial against comedian Bill Cosby, he is pulling no legal punches.