Bill Cosby Sues Seven Of His Accusers For Defamation

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Huffington Post

Bill Cosby is taking action against seven of the women who have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct.

On Monday, the 78-year-old actor filed a defamation suit again Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie, according to his lawyer Monique Pressley.

In the suit, Cosby claims the women have made "malicious, opportunistic and false and defamatory accusations of sexual misconduct against him." He also claims each defendant "knowingly published false statements and accusations."

The suit was filed in response to the defamation suit brought against the actor by his accusers. Traitz, Serignese and Green first filed a suit against Cosby in December 2014, and were joined by Bowman, Tarshis, Moritz and Leslie this past November. Cosby's countersuit against the seven women comes after a federal judge in Massachusetts refused to throw out their suit against him.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-cosby-defamation-suit-accusers_566f06b3e4b0fccee16f4df8

[roguevalley]

1. oh god. he is more terrible than it would seem.

[rocktivity]

2. Seven out of three dozen ain't bad

rocktivity

[Nye Bevan]

3. So is he implicitly admitting that the other 48 accusers are telling the truth?

http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/bill-cosby-how-many-sexual-assault-accusers-victims-list-names-photos-lawsuit-allegations-pictures-interview-accusations-claims-ages-dates/

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. No he's countersuing the women who are suing him

for defamation.

[brush]

8. A strategy to discourage the women and drag out the case while running up legal bills for the women

The attorneys for the women maybe working pro bono now but how long will that last?

[olddad56]

4. how could he remember them all?

[marble falls]

5. Just when you think he couldn't get any lower. Truly dispicable.

[Orrex]

7. It's always tough when your drugged rape victims remember enough to identify you

[SunSeeker]

9. Disgusting litigation tactic on his lawyer's part.

Since those 7 are the ones suing, it also serves as a warning to those others contemplating suing Cosby. It is a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) against those 7 victims for having the nerve to sue him.

[hughee99]

10. Are they planning to argue that there's no way his accusers accounts can be credible since

Cosby loaded them up with so many drugs?