Cosby, 77, and attorneys for the women who brought the suit
said in a court filing late Tuesday that they met twice this
month with an eye toward resolving the lawsuit filed in U.S.
District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts.
They also said they would file a motion to dismiss by Friday.
The lawsuit contends that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted
the three in the 1970s and later called them liars when
confronted about the claims.
Cosby, who hit the peak of his fame in the 1980s when he played
Heathcliff Huxtable on NBC's "The Cosby Show," has recently been
hit with a raft of allegations that he sexually assaulted women.
More than a dozen women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct.
He has never been criminally charged and through his lawyers has
denied all the sexual assault claims.
Over the past month he has canceled scheduled standup
performances in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and
California.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Lisa Lambert)
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