Cosby civil verdict: California jury awards $19.25 million in sexual assault case
TL;DR
A California civil jury found Bill Cosby liable for sexual assault against Donna Motsinger and awarded about $19.25 million in compensatory damages, with punitive damages to be decided later; Cosby plans to appeal amid a long history of allegations and changes to California’s statutes of limitations that enabled the suit.
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- Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972, awards her over $19M Dallas News
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- Woman who sued Bill Cosby for sexual battery awarded $19.2 million NBC News
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