No new trial for Bill Cosby.
The actor believed that his trial for sexual assault, for facts having taken place in 1975 at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion and involving a young girl who was a minor at the time of the facts, had taken place in an unfair manner.
He therefore asked to be retried and received a dismissal from the courts.
"Bill Cosby has failed to establish that he received an unfair trial or that there was insufficient evidence to establish his liability for the plaintiff's harm," the judge in charge of the case said. the case, Craig Kaplan, as relayed by Deadline.
The star's lawyers hoped that the testimony of Judy Huth, the complainant, who had repeatedly changed the date of the sexual assault, would be able to be invalidated and allow the trial to start from scratch.
Without surprise
In a statement, counsel for Bill Cosby expressed their disappointment but said they knew there was little chance of a move for justice.
"Judge Karlan was expected to deny Mr. Cosby a new trial, but it is unfortunate that this judge ignored the inconsistencies in Ms. Huth's testimony on cross-examination and the mere fact that Ms. Huth altered his timeline of events at the eleventh hour before the trial.
We have always defended our position by saying: "This was a targeted lawsuit against Mr. Cosby".
The end result for Mr. Cosby is that he maintains his innocence and vehemently denies all the allegations against him;
but most importantly, Mr. Cosby will go ahead with his appeal, which will prevent any money from being awarded to Ms. Huth, ”said Andrew Wyatt.
500,000 dollars had been awarded in the first instance to the plaintiff.
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