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 The revelation by Andrea Constand, a former Temple University
employee who has alleged the comedian tricked her into taking
drugs before assaulting her in 2004, came in a legal memorandum
filed in federal court in Philadelphia.
In it, Constand's lawyers argue that Cosby, 78, breached the
confidentiality clause of their settlement through a series of
public comments by his attorneys as they mounted a media
campaign seeking to put his "spin" on the widening scandal.
Her attorneys contend Constand's only recourse is for the judge
to unseal the settlement and free her of the confidentiality
restrictions so she can defend her reputation.
Cosby's legal team has been fighting to keep the entire case
under seal.
His lawyers took to the airwaves last week after excerpts from a
sworn deposition he gave 10 years ago were recently made public,
including his statements about being adept at deciphering sexual
cues.
Explaining why he viewed his sexual encounter with Constand as
consensual, Cosby recounted that his accuser had not appeared
angry afterward.
"I think that I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their
emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever you want to
call them," he said in the excerpt, published by the New York
Times.
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Striking a sardonic tone, Constand's lawyers fired back at that
assertion in her latest court filing, saying, "despite his talent
for interpreting female reactions to him, (Cosby) did not realize (Constand)
was gay until the police told him."
More than 40 women have come forward during the past year to accuse
Cosby of having raped or molested them after plying them with drugs
or alcohol in incidents dating back decades.
Cosby, who faces at least four pending civil suits stemming from
such complaints, as well as a criminal investigation by Los Angeles
police, has never been charged. He and his lawyers, while
acknowledging marital infidelity on Cosby's part, have consistently
denied allegations of sexual misconduct.
Cosby, whose career has been left in shambles by the scandal, has
repeatedly insisted through his lawyers that nothing in the
deposition excerpts represents an admission of anything but
consensual sex and recreational drug use.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Additional reporting by Jonathan Stempel
from New York; Editing by Eric Beech)
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