Yesterday, a civil court found that disgraced comedian Bill Cosby sexually abused Judy Huth when she was 16 in 1975. Following the verdict, Cosby’s team called it an “amazing victory.” “Yesterday, actor and comedian Bill Cosby won a stunning victory over jurors in a civil lawsuit filed by Judy Huth,” said a statement from Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt. “The jurors decided to give Judy Houth a $ 500,000 verdict, but voted 9-3 in favor of not rewarding Ms. Hoot with any punitive damages.” It is strange to consider a verdict confirming that Cosby sexually assaulted a minor as a kind of victory. However, the part they seem to be celebrating is the punitive damages, which if convicted they would consider Cosby to have acted with “malice, oppression or fraud” – which means he would have to pay much more money. Despite the “victory”, Cosby’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjan, plans to appeal against the verdict, stating that Hutt “will never receive a payment day”. “In a few weeks, prosecutor Jennifer Bonjean will be in court with Judge Craig D. Karlan to appeal the $ 500,000 verdict, which means Ms. Huth will never receive payment from Mr. Cosby and “With its estimated growing legal accounts ($ 3 million plus dollars) with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg will be outstanding for many more years to come.” “If jurors had awarded punitive damages to Judy Huth, it would have been $ 10 million plus dollars, which would have been a catastrophic loss for our legal efforts and the Cosby family.” Huth’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, a lawyer and women’s rights activist, defended Cosby’s statements, saying she “must be held accountable for what she did to her.” “Sir. Cosby’s representative seems to be trying to snatch victory from the jaws of Mr Cosby’s significant defeat,” Alred told Variety. Huth has no legal fees with my law firm. The $ 3 million legal bill Mr. Wyatt mentioned seems to be a figment of his imagination. “Alternatively, the $ 3 million may have been what Mr. Cosby had to spend to hire countless lawyers over the years in his unsuccessful attempt to defend himself against Mrs. Hutt.” In addition, in his statement, Cosby claims that he spoke to two jurors after the verdict, who told him, “You did not deserve to be in this court.” According to Variety, both jurors overwhelmingly voted for him on all questions and “disagreed with the majority of the jury on questions about Cosby’s harmful or sexually abusive behavior.” “Sir. Cosby and his team have always been steadfast in their innocence and we have never played in the sewer or in the gutter. A spokesman for Cosby said: “The Cosbys are grateful to those specific jurors who removed their prejudice and ruled on the facts and facts of this case.”
