US comedian Bill Cosby .: testified under oath in the case of alleged abuse – BBC

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Image caption The content of the statement of the comedian not be made public until late December .

The American comedian Bill Cosby was questioned under oath on Friday by the lawyer of a woman who filed a civil lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexually abusing her in 1974 when she was 15.

The lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Judy Huth said Saturday at a news conference that the declaration of Cosby took place in the city of Boston (Northeast US) and lasted for more than seven hours.

Huth is one of the 40 women who in recent months have accused the comedian of 78 years and if any drugged abusing them

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Image caption Judy Cosby says Huth alleged abuses committed in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974.

In its application the woman says Cosby alleged abuses committed after having given several alcoholic drinks at the Playboy Mansion billionaire Hugh Hefner Los Angeles, California.

The content of the statement of the comedian not be made public until late December, when the trial judge to decide which parts of the examination may come to light.

The Cosby lawyers say Judy Huth has invented a story that, they say, would have tried to sell to the press and which would have tried to get money from the actor.

According remember from Los Angeles BBC journalist Jaime Gonzalez, This is only the second time that Cosby was forced to testify under oath for allegedly molesting a woman, despite numerous allegations that have been made against in the last year.

In 2005 he testified for a lawsuit filed by a extrabajadora of Temple University, school to which the comedian was linked for decades, who accused him of abusing her.

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Image caption Cosby gained fame in the 80s thanks to the series “The Cosby Show”.

The case ended with a settlement by an undisclosed sum of money, but a few months ago the Associated Press got the content of the statement was made public . Cosby

The famous actor admitted during interrogation have obtained in the 70s a sedative to give to young women to have sex with them

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This week Chloe Goins Cosby sued in federal court for about alleged abuses in 2008, also at the Playboy Mansion.

The case, which was investigated by the LAPD, is being examined by the prosecution.