BERNARD v. COSBY

  1. August 29, 2025

    Cosby Accuser Will Pursue NJ Assault Claims In NY Suit

    An actress who joined the ranks of others accusing actor Bill Cosby of drugging and raping them will drop her New Jersey federal lawsuit over an alleged assault in a Garden State casino and instead press those claims in a New York state lawsuit, according to a stipulation filed Friday.

  2. August 18, 2023

    Cosby Can't Launch 3rd Circ. Fight Over Sex Abuse Case Yet

    A New Jersey federal judge refused to allow disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby to ask the Third Circuit to throw out a onetime "Cosby Show" actress' lawsuit claiming he drugged and raped her 33 years ago, reasoning that he can't appeal his failed dismissal bid simply because he disagrees with it.

  3. August 12, 2022

    Advocacy Group Tells Court To Keep Alive Cosby Abuse Suit

    Nonprofit advocacy group Child USA has called on a New Jersey federal court to reject Bill Cosby's constitutional challenge to the state law amendment underlying a $25 million lawsuit from a onetime "Cosby Show" actress alleging he drugged and raped her more than three decades ago.

  4. February 22, 2022

    'Simple Logic' Keeps Alive Cosby Sex Abuse Suit, Court Told

    A former "Cosby Show" actress on Tuesday accused Bill Cosby of trying to "rewrite" a New Jersey state law amendment she says permits her claims that the disgraced comedian drugged and raped her more than 30 years ago, saying his own words and "simple logic" undercut his bid to defeat her $25 million lawsuit.

  5. February 07, 2022

    Cosby Wants $25M Sex Abuse Suit In NJ Tossed As Too Late

    Bill Cosby has told a New Jersey federal court that a onetime "Cosby Show" actress is too late in bringing a $25 million lawsuit alleging he drugged and raped her more than three decades ago, saying she could not rely on a state law amendment permitting sexual abuse claims that would be otherwise time-barred.

  6. October 14, 2021

    Cosby Facing More Sex Abuse Claims After Axed Conviction

    A former "Cosby Show" actress launched a $25 million lawsuit on Thursday accusing Bill Cosby of drugging and raping her in a New Jersey hotel 31 years ago, joining the dozens of women who have accused him of sexual assault.