Cosby can’t attend accuser’s deposition in defamation suit
Bill Cosby arrives at Montgomery County Courthouse
A federal judge in Philadelphia has barred Bill Cosby from attending the deposition his accuser gives in her defamation suit against a former district attorney.
But the judge said Cosby’s lawyers can review the deposition afterward to be sure Andrea Constand didn’t violate the confidential settlement of her 2005 lawsuit against Cosby.
The 79-year-old Cosby is awaiting trial in June over charges he drugged and molested Constand in 2004.
She has since sued the prosecutor who declined to prosecute Cosby at the time. Constand said Bruce Castor defamed her when he said that Constand had changed her story over time.
U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno also ruled Monday that Cosby can’t participate in the deposition of Castor’s then-deputy. She reopened the case last year amid new evidence.
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