Wednesday, April 24, 2024

LA Prosecutors Won’t Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases

Bill Cosby

*Los Angeles County prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file charges in two sexual assault cases involving Bill Cosby, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Chloe Goins alleged that she was assaulted by Cosby at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 when she was 18. She said the comedian gave her a drink that caused her to black out. When she awoke, she said, she found herself naked on a bed with Cosby biting her toes and his pants around his ankles, according to her attorney.

Goins was interviewed for 2½ hours by an LAPD detective last January, according to her lawyer.

The D.A. said there was insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The second case involved a woman who said that Cosby raped her in 1965 when she was 17 years old. Prosecutors said the statute of limitations to file charges in that case had expired.

In 2015, the district attorney rejected a third Cosby case presented by the LAPD because the alleged incident occurred in 1974. Under California law, the legal deadline for prosecuting most rape cases involving an adult victim is 10 years. In most other adult sex-crime cases the statute of limitations is generally six years.

Cosby was charged with aggravated indecent assault last week in Pennsylvania.

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