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Andrea Constand, Cosby's accuser, files civil suit
Posted on Wed, Mar. 09, 2005
source: http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/11087238.htm COSBY ACCUSER SUES HIM Ex-Temple employee charges sexual assault, wants damages By NICOLE WEISENSEE EGAN weisenn@phillynews.com AFORMER (sic) Temple University employee filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against comedian Bill Cosby, alleging he drugged and sexually assaulted her at his Cheltenham Township mansion in January 2004. The lawsuit from Andrea Constand, who was director of operations for the Temple women's basketball team, includes claims of battery, assault, invasion of privacy, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Constand's attorneys, Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, ask for sums in excess of $150,000, plus attorneys fees and punitive damages. The basis for the claim in federal court is Constand's Canadian citizenship and the amount the attorneys are requesting. The civil suit contains new details about the night in question, including claims that Cosby, 67, did more than just grope Constand. The attorneys said they have a lot more evidence than before. "We're still getting phone calls from people with information," Troiani said, "and we'd like to keep getting phone calls." The suit also states that Cosby and his representatives phoned Constand, 31, and her mother after Constand went to police on Jan. 13 and offered them "financial compensation," which they refused. "Beginning on or about Jan. 16, 2005, and continuing in the days thereafter, defendant and/or his representatives and agents placed at least four phone calls to plaintiff and her mother in which, among other things, defendant apologized and offered financial compensation to plaintiff," the lawsuit said. Troiani and Kivitz said filing the suit was the first step toward closure for their client. "Our client is seeking the justice due her in a forum where she can expect to be treated with the dignity and respect she deserves," they said in a statement. "Our client sustained injuries and justice, by definition in a civil suit, includes compensation for such damages." || snip || read the rest at the URL posted above.
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