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Jury Finds Bill Cosby Liable Of Sexual Battery But Rep Says Victim Will Never Get $500K Awarded In Damages

<p>Bill Cosby took another blow to his character after a jury found him liable in a civil sexual <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;the-supreme-court-announces-that-they-will-not-review-bill-cosbys-overturned-conviction-update&sol;">assault case<&sol;a>&period; In her suit&comma; Judy said that Bill sexually assaulted her in 1975 when she was 16&period; On Tuesday&comma; the Los Angeles jury awarded her &dollar;500&comma;000 in damages but no punitive compensation&period; One day later&comma; Bill&&num;8217&semi;s team now says they plan to appeal the decision&comma; despite Judy&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;astonishing victory&comma; per <em>Variety&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Yesterday&comma; actor and comedian Bill Cosby was awarded an astonishing victory by jurors in a civil trial brought by Judy Huth&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bill&&num;8217&semi;s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said in a statement&period; &&num;8220&semi;The jurors decided to grant Judy Huth with a &dollar;500&comma;000 verdict but voted 9-3 in favor of not awarding Ms&period; Huth any punitive damages&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Judy Huth Says Bill Cosby Used Her Hands To Masturbate Himself<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>According to <em>CNN&comma; <&sol;em>Judy <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;21&sol;entertainment&sol;bill-cosby-civil-case&sol;index&period;html">filed in 2014<&sol;a> for sexual battery and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress&period; Judy said she met Bill at a movie set in a park when she was a teenager&period; Bill allegedly befriended Judy and a friend&period; All three spent time together at a tennis club&comma; then in a home where Bill allegedly served the underage girls alcoholic drinks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the previous two invitations&comma; Bill took the girls to the Playboy Mansion&period; The whole time&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;bill-cosbys-spokesperson-defends-his-legacy-by-calling-the-upcoming-documentary-we-need-to-talk-about-cosby-a-pr-hack&sol;">Bill allegedly knew<&sol;a> their ages but still instructed the girls to say 19 if asked their ages by the mansion bunnies&period; Once inside the mansion&comma; Judy says Bill got her alone in a room&comma; pulled down his sweatpants&comma; and used her hands to masturbate himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Bill Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s Rep Says Appeal Is Weeks Away <&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Eight women and four men found Cosby liable for the child abuse crimes described by Judy&period; Still&comma; Andrew insisted Judy would &&num;8220&semi;never receive a payday&period;&&num;8221&semi; Instead&comma; Bill&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Jennifer Bonjean will appeal the verdict real soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Within a few weeks&comma; Attorney Jennifer Bonjean will be in Judge Craig D&period; Karlan court to appeal the &dollar;500&comma;000 verdict&comma; which means that Ms&period; Huth will never receive a payday from Mr&period; Cosby and her estimated mounting legal bills &lpar;&dollar;3 million-plus dollars&rpar; with Allred&comma; Maroko &amp&semi; Goldberg will be outstanding for many years to come&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the statement said&period; &&num;8220&semi;If the jurors had awarded punitive damages to Judy Huth it would have been in the range of the &dollar;10 million-plus dollars&comma; which would have been a devastating loss to our legal efforts and the Cosby family&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>But Judy&&num;8217&semi;s lawyers fired back at the claims made in Andrew&&num;8217&semi;s statement&period; Gloria Allred <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2022&sol;tv&sol;news&sol;bill-cosby-reaction-judy-huth-verdict-appeal-1235299990&sol;">told <em>Variety <&sol;em>that Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s team<&sol;a> is making things up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Mr&period; Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s spokesperson appears to be trying to snatch victory from the jaws of Mr&period;Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s significant defeat&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Gloria said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Ms&period; Huth has no legal bills for fees with my law firm&period; The &dollar;3 million legal bill that Mr&period; Wyatt cited appears to be a figment of his imagination&period; In the alternative&comma; it may be that the &dollar;3 million amount is what Mr&period; Cosby had to spend to hire countless lawyers over the years in his unsuccessful effort to defend himself from Ms&period; Huth&&num;8217&semi;s lawsuit&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Per <em>CNN&comma; <&sol;em>Judy&&num;8217&semi;s civil case is the first of Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s accusers to get a trial despite more than 50 women who&&num;8217&semi;ve accused Bill since 2005&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1"><b>click here to join&excl;<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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