This ends a court fight that predat­es comedi­an’s convic­tion for druggi­ng, sexual­ly assaul­ting Andrea Consta­ndMASSACHUSETTS: Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby on Friday settled a federal defamation lawsuit brought by seven women who said the former actor and comedian sexually assaulted them and wrongly called them liars when they went public with their charges years later. Cosby is currently serving a 3- to 10-year sentence for that crime, though his lawyers plan an appeal. All the allegations but Constand’s were too old to be the subject of criminal prosecution, which prompted the seven women to sue for defamation when Cosby accused them of lying. “Each Plaintiff is satisfied with the settlement,” attorneys for Cosby said in papers filed in US District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, near one of Cosby’s homes. One of the seven, Louisa Moritz, an actress best known for appearing in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died in January at age 72.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 09:11 UTC