There are five more women, including two actors who appeared on “The Cosby Show” who have filed lawsuits in New York accusing Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them.
The plaintiffs named the actor, Kaufman Astoria Studios Inc., The Carsey-Werner Company, and NBCUniversal Media as defendants in the 34-page lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“The Cosby Show” ran from 1984 to 1992 on NBC. It was filmed at studios now controlled by Kaufman Astoria and produced by Carsey-Werner, according to the civil action.
All the defendants in this lawsuit are “culpable and liable because they knew and/or should have known that Bill Cosby was sexually abusing, assaulting, and/or battering women, including on their premises, but did nothing to stop it,” according to the complaint.
What is unusual in this complaint is that all five victims of the alleged assault named themselves in the complaint.
Lile Bernard appeared in a “Cosby” episode and said that Cosby arranged for her transportation out of New York when he allegedly drugged and raped her. Apparently, he did it again to her months late.
Eden Tirl was offered a small role on “Cosby” despite having no acting experience. She accused Cosby and producers of pressuring her numerous times to have lunch with him in his private dressing room in 1989. Cosby allegedly “touched her breasts and without her consent forcibly pressed his penis into” her back, according to the suit.
Jewel Gittens said that in the late 80s Cosby invited her to his home in Manhattan where she was given what she says was a tainted glass of wine. She says she felt sluggish as Cosby allegedly sexually assaulted her with his finger.
Aspiring model Jennifer Thompson said she was 18 in the late 1980s when Cosby allegedly grabbed her “hand and forcefully placed it on his penis.”
And Cindra Ladd, a “platonic” friend of Cosby’s said the actor drugged her in “approximately 1969” and allegedly raped her while she was passed out.
Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt said in a statement,
“Mr. Cosby continues to vehemently deny all allegations waged against him and looks forward to defending himself in court.”
