Bill Cosby denied new trial in woman’s $59 million trial verdict - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
The judge said Cosby showed no legal error or prejudice after a jury awarded Donna Motsinger $59.25 million for rape claims.
- On Monday, Los Angeles Judge Bradley Phillips rejected Bill Cosby's request for a new trial, leaving the 88-year-old entertainer liable for the $59.25 million judgment awarded to Donna Motsinger.
- A Santa Monica jury awarded Motsinger $59.25 million in March, finding Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1972 while she worked as a server at a Sausalito restaurant.
- Cosby's attorneys contended the punitive damages were "presumptively excessive," arguing the court wrongly barred evidence of Motsinger's prior drug use that they claimed prejudiced the jury.
- With the motion denied, Cosby remains liable for the full $59.25 million award; questions persist about whether he must liquidate assets or tap property equity to satisfy the judgment.
- Despite his testimony that he has not worked in about 10 years, Cosby retains significant properties including a Philadelphia estate and a New York City brownstone valued at approximately $7.5 million.
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Bill Cosby denied new trial in woman’s $59 million trial verdict - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
Wave Wire Services SANTA MONICA — A judge has denied Bill Cosby a new trial after a woman won a nearly $60 million verdict this spring in her lawsuit alleging that the actor/comedian sexually abused her more than 50 years ago while she was a server at a Sausalito restaurant. Donna Motsinger contended in her Santa Monica Superior Court sexual battery lawsuit that Cosby drugged and raped her. On March 23, a jury awarded her $19.25 million in compe…
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