By IVAN THOMAS-HICKS
Bill Cosby is out of prison but not clear of trouble. For the first time since June when he was released from a Pennsylvania jail, his lawyers have addressed a judge. Specifically, one serving the Los Angeles Superior Court where Cosby currently faces a civil suit brought by Judy Huth, who alleges being sexually assaulted by him at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.
The Huth case, originally filed in 2014, has been on hold for years. At one point, Cosby was ordered to sit for a deposition, and he did, but refused to answer questions. The litigation then took a back seat to Cosby’s criminal problems. Now that Cosby’s conviction for assaulting Andrea Constand has been overturned by the Pennsylvania’s highest court because of an old non-prosecution agreement in that jurisdiction, Cosby is free, at least in theory, to testify in civil cases.
