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Bill Cosby ordered to give deposition in sexual abuse lawsuit



Los Angeles: Bill Cosby has been ordered to give a sworn deposition in a lawsuit brought by a woman accusing the comedian of plying her with alcohol and sexually abusing her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15 years old.

The order, entered by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday and made public on Wednesday, states that Mr Cosby will submit to questions under oath from the lawyer of his accuser, Judy Huth, on October 9, and that she will answer questions from his attorneys on October 15.
The precise times and places were not revealed, but Ms Huth's lawyer, Gloria Allred, has previously said she expects to depose Mr Cosby in Massachusetts, where he resides.

Mr Cosby's lawyers had sought to compel Ms Huth to give her deposition before the comedian, but the judge sided with Ms Huth in requiring Mr Cosby to go first, giving the accuser a tactical advantage when it comes time for her to be questioned.

The way for the depositions, a key part of the discovery process in civil litigation, was cleared when the California Supreme Court last month denied Mr Cosby's petition to review the case, dealing a final blow to his efforts to fend off Ms Huth's lawsuit.

"We are pleased that we will now be able to move ahead without further delay on Ms. Huth's case," Ms Allred said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from Mr Cosby's legal team.

Ms Huth is one of more than 40 women who have come forward in the past year to say that they were raped or molested by Mr Cosby after he gave them alcohol or drugs in incidents dating back decades.

In 2006 Mr Cosby reached a confidential settlement for an undisclosed sum with a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand, who accused him of sexual assault. Parts of the deposition he gave in that case were made public last month.

The complaint filed by Ms Huth against Mr Cosby is one of at least four pending civil lawsuits stemming from such accusations, though Ms Allred has said hers is the only one seeking damages for the alleged misconduct itself.
The others are defamation suits whose principal causes of action allege the entertainer falsely branded his accusers as liars by denying that he sexually assaulted them.

Mr Cosby, who also faces a criminal investigation by Los Angeles police, has never been charged. He and his lawyers acknowledge marital infidelity on his part but have consistently denied allegations of criminal wrongdoing.

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Most disgusting food in the world can be used to make moonshine:

Vegemite is Being Made Into Moonshine in Australia

But the Australian Prime Minister says no to a ban

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-0...e-brew/6684188

As a bit of background - remote Aboriginal communities have massive problems with alcoholism, so many are now dry and it is illegal to take alcohol into those communities.

Also the petrol in those communities is called opal - which has fewer aromatics, so you can't get high off it. And your car runs like shit.

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A video taken by researchers at the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories shows a number of children interacting and becoming violent with a remotely controlled Robovie 2 robot during an experiment at an Osaka, Japan shopping center. The researchers used data from the experiment to develop an algorithm to help the robot evade future abuse.

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The sea of 96MILLION plastic balls that LA hopes will save it from drought: Reservoir is covered in an ocean of black spheres to stop 300million gallons of water evaporating

Los Angeles releases millions of plastic balls to protect its water | Daily Mail Online

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