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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:21 PM Jul 2015

Cosby accuser asks for entire deposition to be made public

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian woman at the center of sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby accused him on Wednesday of violating a confidentiality agreement in their 2005 lawsuit, and asked a court to make public his entire testimony.

Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, filed court papers in Pennsylvania district court, also accusing Cosby and his advisers of manipulating the media through interviews and statements about the slew of sex assault allegations against him.

The lawsuit was filed two days after a Pennsylvania judge unsealed testimony in Constand's 2005 civil lawsuit against Cosby, in which the actor said he had obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving the sedatives to young women in order to have sex with them.

The case was settled in 2006 for an undisclosed sum and both Cosby and Constand signed confidentiality agreements. In the past year some 40 other women have come forward accusing the star of TV comedy series "The Cosby Show" of drugging and sexually assaulting them in incidents dating back decades.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/cosby-accuser-asks-entire-deposition-made-public-011924363.html

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Cosby accuser asks for entire deposition to be made public (Original Post) Little Tich Jul 2015 OP

Ok, I'm tired and very sleepy so could someone explain to me why she is accusing Cosby cstanleytech Jul 2015 #1

It sounds like she's accusing him of saying things in interviews that he shouldn't have said. pnwmom Jul 2015 #2

But is it the same case that was unsealed? If so and if it was beyond his control cstanleytech Jul 2015 #3

He wouldn't have been able to provide additional information beyond whatever the judge pnwmom Jul 2015 #4

Ya but would the court consider this an actual break on his part? cstanleytech Jul 2015 #5

His further statements in interviews would constitute the break. He could have chosen silence. n/t pnwmom Jul 2015 #6

I am not sure, it will be interesting to see of course what the courts decided though. nt cstanleytech Jul 2015 #7

I think you are correct. avaistheone1 Jul 2015 #8

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)

1. Ok, I'm tired and very sleepy so could someone explain to me why she is accusing Cosby

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:28 PM

Jul 2015

of violating a confidentiality agreement they had because wasnt it the AP that got the courts to unseal the records or is that one of the other cases that had its records unsealed?

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)

2. It sounds like she's accusing him of saying things in interviews that he shouldn't have said.

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:34 PM

Jul 2015

Not about the release of the transcript that he couldn't control.

cstanleytech

(26,293 posts)

3. But is it the same case that was unsealed? If so and if it was beyond his control

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:14 AM

Jul 2015

you would think he would be allowed to respond to that information being revealed if he wasnt the one that sought the release of the information. (like I said, I am really sleepy but cannot get to sleep just yet with this damn shoulder hurting so my apologies if I am not making sense atm)