Bill Cosby will testify in court for the first time in 10 years
The judge will then decide on 22 December if the full deposition will be released
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Your support makes all the difference.Bill Cosby appeared in a Boston courthouse on Friday for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by Judy Huth.
Ms Huth claims Mr Cosby molested her at the Playboy Mansion back in 1974, when she was 15-years-old.
After failing to get the case thrown out, Mr Cosby was able to win one concession from Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan. Friday’s recorded deposition will be sealed for 60 days, at the very least.
Given neither party will leak information, Judge Karlan will then decide on 22 December if the full deposition will be released to the public.
Famed feminist lawyer Gloria Allred is representing Ms Huth and says she plans to depose Mr Cosby a second time. Her client is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday of next week.
Another accuser came forward on Tuesday, aspiring model Chloe Goins, who alleges Mr Cosby assaulted her in 2008 when she was 17-years-old.
Ms Goins sent a message on Monday to the more than 40 victims who have publicly accused Mr Cosby of sexual assault.
"Today I recognize that I've taken legal action that many of the other victims of Bill Cosby will never be able to take," she told reporters during a news conference.
”For that reason, I offer this message to those brave women: your experience was just like mine and mine just like yours. We are not alone, we did not ask for these attacks, and these attacks are not our fault.”
Lawyer Martin Singer maintains that his client is innocent despite 50-80 women coming forward with sexual assault allegations against Mr Cosby.
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