‘Game On’: Security Tight for Camille Cosby Deposition About Bill

BOSTON Bill Cosby’s wife of a half-century faced questioning on Monday by lawyers for seven women who accused the comedian of sex assault and sued him for defamation after a federal judge rejected her bid to avoid a deposition.

Despite the strong, brash words of Camille Cosby and the attempts of her and her husband to block the deposition, it went on as scheduled, much to the delight of the plaintiff’s lawyer, Joseph Cammarata.

Camille Cosby was being questioned by a lawyer for the women at the Springfield Marriott despite futile attempts by the couple to get the deposition postponed.

Cosby’s legal team pushed to removed her testimony, arguing that their client “had no involvement with the facts or allegations underlying this case”, People reports. They said her public testimony would serve “no goal other than to harass and embarrass her”.

Camille Cosby had long argued that she has no information that would be pertinent to the case against her husband. They also say her conversations with her husband are confidential. Judge Mark G. Mastroianni responded that it was not the first time a “deposition of some notoriety” has taken place at the hotel. She could be compelled to talk about one-on-one conversations with her husband that were purely about business.

In addition to his wife’s deposition, Bill Cosby is undergoing his own defamation trials, as well as filing a lawsuit against one of his accusers. But Pennsylvania officials late a year ago charged Cosby with sexually assaulting a woman in 2005 in a criminal case.

Bill has denied all sexual assault accusations against him, which led to Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie to file suit claiming that his denial of such allegations are both false and defamatory.

Camille Cosby is allowed, under a series of court orders issued over the last month, to claim spousal privilege and refuse to answer some questions. They claim he portrayed them as liars, after they publicly accused him of sexually assaulting them.

After a night out with Cosby and his wife Camille, they went to Cosby’s home in Los Angeles where Camille retired, her date left the room and Cosby tried to have his way with the then 18-year-old.