Bill Cosby appeals ruling that unsealed deposition excerpts
Bill Cosby's lawyers are appealing a judge's decision to unseal court filings that quote him saying he obtained quaaludes to give women before sexual encounters.
Cosby's lawyers in Pennsylvania filed a brief notice Monday appealing the July 6 decision in a 2005 lawsuit accusing him of sexual battery.
The newly public court filings contain excerpts of Cosby's deposition in that case and were unsealed on a bid by The Associated Press.
The full deposition has since been released by a court reporting service and contains Cosby's only testimony under oath about accusations he sexually assaulted a string of women.
Cosby acknowledges several of the encounters, but says they were consensual.
Cosby's lawyers did not immediately return calls for comment Monday. This action comes the day that New York Magazine released its cover feature on the star and the women who have spoken out against him.