Full Coverage: Bill Cosby sex assault allegations and charges

Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations.

Bill Cosby is a serial abuser who leveraged his power and paternal appeal to drug and sexually assault women across many years and cities, prosecutors alleged in court Tuesday.

From the moment sexual assault charges were filed against Bill Cosby in December, the case became a touchstone for the dozens of other instances in which women say they were attacked by the entertainer.

Last year the public learned that Bill Cosby admitted he regularly bought Quaaludes for women he wanted to have sex with.

Bill Cosby’s lawyers have launched their most comprehensive effort to date to have the sexual assault charges against him dropped, arguing that various factors “created a perfect storm of prejudice, bias, and delay” that requires the dismissal of the charges against the entertainer.

In a move that would set up a dramatic courtroom showdown between Bill Cosby and his accusers, 13 women who say the entertainer sexually assaulted them could be allowed to take the stand against him in a criminal trial.

In a rebuff to Bill Cosby, a judge has ruled that the entertainer’s accuser won’t have to take the stand before Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges begins.

A 72-year-old New Hampshire woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in 1965 withdrew her civil defamation lawsuit against the comedian on Friday, a day after a federal judge had allowed the case to move forward.

A Los Angeles judge has rejected a bid by Bill Cosby to dismiss a molestation lawsuit brought by a Riverside woman who accused the entertainer of sexually assaulting her when she was 15, according to her lawyer.

A New York judge has rejected what he calls Bill Cosby’s “fishing expedition” to get journalists’ notes, film and audio to fight a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven women.

A Pennsylvania appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby’s attempt to throw out his criminal case because of what he called a decade-old deal not to prosecute him.

Janice Dickinson’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby should proceed, a judge ruled Tuesday, saying that a trial could determine whether the model’s claims that Cosby drugged and raped her three decades ago were true.

Bill Cosby has dropped a defamation lawsuit against supermodel Beverly Johnson, who accused the comedian of drugging her in the 1980s.

Lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife have filed an emergency motion to postpone her deposition while she appeals a magistrate judge’s order.

Bill Cosby is demanding that the accuser in his criminal case repay a confidential sex-abuse settlement because she cooperated with police who reopened the case and arrested him last year.

Bill Cosby suffered a defeat in court Wednesday evening. Actually, he suffered two defeats.

A bid by Bill Cosby’s lawyers to have the sexual assault charges against the entertainer dismissed was rejected by a judge here Wednesday evening, clearing the way for a potential trial.

Bill Cosby made his first significant courtroom appearance since being charged with sexual assault five weeks ago.

Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday declined to bring criminal charges against Bill Cosby in the only two open cases locally in which he is accused of sexually assaulting women.

Just over a year ago, a comedy routine by Hannibal Buress changed the lives of nearly 50 women.

He was an entertainment legend, a trailblazing stand-up comedian and actor who won multiple Emmys and America’s hearts.

On the eve of the statute of limitations running out on the claims of the first woman to accuse Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her, prosecutors in Pennsylvania charged the 78-year-old comedic icon with the alleged 2004 assault.

With Bill Cosby charged Wednesday with sexual assault following accusations that he drugged and abused a woman at his Pennsylvania home 12 years ago, questions have arisen about whether the actor will face criminal charges on similar allegations made against him in Los Angeles.

Occidental College in Los Angeles has become the latest university to revoke an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Bill Cosby fired back Monday at seven women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of sexual misconduct for financial gain.

Bill Cosby’s former attorney wants to bar a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge from hearing a case in which model Janice Dickinson says the lawyer defamed her when he defended Cosby against allegations of rape.

More than three dozen people gathered Saturday at Bill Cosby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to protest a law that they say prevents rape victims from fully seeking justice.

Cal Poly Pomona has revoked an honorary degree awarded to comedian Bill Cosby, officials announced Friday, joining dozens of other universities across the country in rescinding honors over allegations of sexual assault.

The face-off went down somewhere in Boston and stretched on for more than seven hours.

Bill Cosby is scheduled to be deposed by model Janice Dickinson’s attorney in her defamation lawsuit against the comedian for denying he raped her.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Monday that Bill Cosby and his former attorney can be deposed by model Janice Dickinson’s attorney in her defamation lawsuit against the comedian for denying he raped her.

Bill Cosby, after being deposed by attorney Gloria Allred about allegations he molested her client at the Playboy Mansion when she was 15, has dropped a Hollywood pit bull attorney in favor of a powerful downtown Los Angeles firm.

A Pennsylvania woman, who as a teen appeared on a children’s TV show with Bill Cosby in the 1980s, is suing him for defamation, citing denials by his attorney and wife of allegations the comedian repeatedly sexually abused her.

Attorney Gloria Allred questioned Bill Cosby under oath for seven hours Friday as part of a lawsuit in which the comedian is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974.

Bill Cosby is expected to face tough questions from attorney Gloria Allred Friday in a deposition about allegations he molested her client at the Playboy Mansion when she was a 15-year-old.

Bill Cosby’s attorneys could not convince a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit accusing the comedian of molesting a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was 15, setting the stage for his deposition in the case later this week.

Bill Cosby’s troubles got worse Tuesday when a woman sued him in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging the legendary comedian sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008.

Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing whether to charge Bill Cosby in connection with an alleged sexual assault at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 after receiving the results of an investigation by the LAPD, officials said Thursday.

Three more women came forward Wednesday to claim they were sexual-abuse victims of comedian Bill Cosby.

New and longtime alleged victims of Bill Cosby who claim the entertainer sexually assaulted them are scheduled to appear on A&E’s “Cosby: The Women Speak,” a one-hour special.

The list of women accusing comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault grew Wednesday as two actresses and a former airline attendant added to the lurid allegations.

Of the many misconduct allegations made by women against Bill Cosby in Los Angeles over the decades, L.A. police are actively investigating just one.

Bill Cosby’s legal team is not going to take it anymore.

The revelations from a 2005-2006 lawsuit against Bill Cosby continue to paint a grim picture for the comedian hit with a number of sexual assault allegations.

President Obama is rejecting the idea of taking back Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying there’s no mechanism in place for such a move.

The Smithsonian has posted a notice in front of an exhibition that features art from the private collection of Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille, currently on view at the National Museum of African Art in Washington.

Whoopi Goldberg has gotten a brief legal education — and it’s led her to throw Bill Cosby to the public-opinion wolves.

Two women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby said Monday they are joining an effort to unseal an entire 2005 deposition he gave, in which he admitted giving Quaaludes to women with whom he wanted to have sex.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has become the latest “Cosby Show” cast member to weigh in on the rape allegations swirling around comedy legend Bill Cosby.

No matter the controversy embroiling public figures, some still have a star to wish on -- courtesy of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

When Bill Cosby delivered a speech at an NAACP event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown vs.

The legal team for comedian Bill Cosby warned a Pennsylvania judge last month that if decade-old court documents stemming from a sexual abuse case against its embattled client were unsealed, they would “generate a firestorm of publicity.”

With the unsealing of Bill Cosby’s 2005 deposition in which he admitted giving women Quaaludes before sex, the comedian whose public persona had already suffered massively in the court of public opinion, may now face a similar fate in the real courts, legal experts said.

Bill Cosby admitted in a 2005 deposition to buying Quaaludes he intended to use on women for sex, it was reported by the Associated Press on Monday.

Attorneys for comedian Bill Cosby are asking the California Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed he molested her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15.

Just two days after Bill Cosby lawyer Martin D.

Bill Cosby, who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault, finally broke his silence about the allegations Friday, though he said very little.

“The Nightly Show,” the new “Daily Show” follow-up with host Larry Wilmore, is only two nights old and it’s anything but “weak tea.”

Model and television personality Janice Dickinson filed suit against comedian Bill Cosby on Wednesday, contending that he defamed her and inflicted emotional distress when his team said she lied when she accused him of having drugged and raped her.

Snoop Dogg went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday night to further his continuing commitment to teach young people about wildlife.

Stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress is widely credited as the person who almost single-handedly thrust Bill Cosby’s alleged transgressions back into the national spotlight after he called the 77-year-old entertainer a rapist during his comedy act.

A philanthropist and former entertainment exec has become the latest in a string of alleged victims to accuse entertainer Bill Cosby of sexual assault.

Facing a wall of cameras outside Los Angeles police headquarters Wednesday, a model and her attorney accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault at a Playboy Mansion party in 2008, possibly the first claim among a host of allegations against the comedian that could be criminally prosecuted.

Bill Cosby is back in the headlines for a comment that appeared to make light of the numerous rape allegations against him.

Phylicia Rashad made headlines when she defended her embattled TV husband Bill Cosby and appeared to be dismissive of his accusers in an interview with Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411 published Tuesday.

Bill Cosby will not be charged with a crime after a woman claimed he molested her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, Los Angeles prosecutors said Tuesday.

Camille Cosby, the wife of entertainer Bill Cosby, has finally broken her silence about the accusations of sexual assault made by several women against her husband, defending him and comparing the media coverage to Rolling Stone magazine’s problematic story about an alleged rape victim at the University of Virginia.

Beverly Johnson, a groundbreaking model who was the first black woman to be featured on the cover of Vogue magazine, accused Bill Cosby of drugging her during a visit to his home in the 1980s, according to a personal essay Vanity Fair published on Thursday.

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by comedian Bill Cosby at the Playboy Mansion decades ago met with Los Angeles police detectives for nearly 90 minutes Friday, her attorney said.

Bill Cosby has postponed two upcoming performances in New York, and has been relieved on an honor by the U.S.

Flanked by three women who say they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby, attorney Gloria Allred challenged the performer Wednesday to put $100 million in a fund for his accusers and let a panel of retired judges determine the truth about the claims.

Amid the wave of sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, the comedian resigned Monday from the board of trustees of his alma mater, Temple University.

Hannibal Buress has always known that his name gave him an edge over other comics.

NBC and Bill Cosby have been joined at the show-business hip for decades.

Even as other entertainment outlets abandoned him and suspicion grew over a series of renewed allegations of sexual assault, Bill Cosby was welcomed to a central Florida theater Friday night to a rousing standing ovation.

Bill Cosby will not appear in a planned show at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, marking another cancellation in a series that have tarnished the entertainer’s legacy since the resurfacing of decades-old accusations of sexual assault.

A Florida nurse who says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby in 1976 is urging the beleaguered comic to “quit lying” about his past and apologize.

Did you hear that story about Raven-Symone and Bill Cosby?

Despite the controversy roiling around Bill Cosby, his live show Friday in Florida is a go.

Comedian Sarah Silverman was criticized heavily Wednesday night after she tweeted a joke about being raped by Bill Cosby.

NBC has dropped its planned Bill Cosby comedy pilot, and TV Land has removed “The Cosby Show” from its schedule after several women have come forward with accusations that the comedian raped or assaulted them.

Netflix has postponed its scheduled broadcast later this month of a stand-up comedy special starring Bill Cosby, the latest salvo fired against the comedian who has been accused by several women of rape and sexual assault.

The heat surrounding allegations of sexual assaults by Bill Cosby has intensified as a woman who claims she was raped by the comedian in 1969 when she visited him on the set of “The Bill Cosby Show” spoke out Monday in a CNN interview.

Amid a swirling controversy of sexual-assault allegations that have recently resurfaced, the lawyer for embattled sitcom legend Bill Cosby went on the attack over the weekend.

Bill Cosby is again under intense scrutiny for past allegations of sexual assault following a weekend radio broadcast in which the famous television father silently refused to address the issue.

Bill Cosby invited the public Monday to turn pictures of him into Internet memes using a generator on his website that facilitates putting words onto the images he’s offering and then sharing the results.