Cosby's Ex-Lawyer Dismissed From Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — A judge has dismissed model Janice Dickinson's defamation claim filed against Bill Cosby's former lawyer for denying her allegations that the comedian had drugged and raped her in 1982.
However, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Debre Katz Weintraub did not dismiss defamation allegations made against Cosby in the same lawsuit.
Weintraub ruled Tuesday that Dickinson cannot sue attorney Martin Singer because his denial of her allegations was known to her at the time she sued Cosby in May.
Dickinson's lawsuit sought unspecified damages on defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims. Her lawyers later amended her lawsuit to add the defamation allegations against Singer.
Dickinson has said Cosby drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe, California, in 1982. However, the statute of limitations has passed on suing on those grounds.
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