Bill Cosby Faces Multiple Rape Lawsuits in Los Angeles County.
Bill Cosby is facing a new lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct in Los Angeles County by Victoria Valentino for an alleged drugging and rape that took place in 1969. Valentino filed this lawsuit under California’s Assembly Bill 2777, a law that allows sexual abuse victims to sue the perpetrators even if the crime occurred outside of the statute of limitations. Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in 2018, though the verdict was thrown out on appeal in 2021 due to a technicality. Cosby's spokesman Andrew Wyatt called the claims part of a "formula" to take down successful Black men like Cosby and singer R Kelly.