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Judge Rules Bill Cosby Can Sue Sex Assault Accuser Andrea Constand for Tweets
Andrea Constand and Bill Cosby
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07/18/2016 AT 02:35 PM EDT
U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno has ruled that entertainer Bill Cosby cannot sue accuser Andrea Constand
for breach of contract for violating their confidentiality agreement by
cooperating with law enforcement officials in a case that led to
Cosby's arrest last December.
However, Cosby can sue her for some of her tweets and an interview she did with the Toronto Sun last summer, according to Robreno's order. He can also sue her attorneys, Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, for an open letter they wrote to Bruce L. Castor, Jr., who was running for district attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, last September and who did not prosecute Cosby during his previous stint as district attorney. The letter was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In addition, Cosby can explore how his deposition in Constand's 2005 civil suit – which he settled in late 2006 – got into the hands of the media last summer, the judge ruled.
Robreno also ruled that Cosby's civil suit against the National Enquirer for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement can proceed as well.
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Andrew Wyatt, Cosby's spokesman, had no comment on Robero's ruling. Neither did Troiani and Kivitz or a spokesperson for the Enquirer.
Cosby, 79, has been charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, now 43, at his Elkins Park, Pennsylvania mansion in January 2004.
He denies the allegations as well as similar ones from more than 50 women.
Cosby filed the lawsuit against Constand this past February – two months after newly elected Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele charged him in Constand's case.
While Cosby is actively trying to get the charges against him dismissed, so far he has lost all the motions to do so. He is due in court in Norristown, Pennsylvania on Sept. 6 for a pre-trial conference.
However, Cosby can sue her for some of her tweets and an interview she did with the Toronto Sun last summer, according to Robreno's order. He can also sue her attorneys, Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz, for an open letter they wrote to Bruce L. Castor, Jr., who was running for district attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, last September and who did not prosecute Cosby during his previous stint as district attorney. The letter was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In addition, Cosby can explore how his deposition in Constand's 2005 civil suit – which he settled in late 2006 – got into the hands of the media last summer, the judge ruled.
Robreno also ruled that Cosby's civil suit against the National Enquirer for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement can proceed as well.
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Andrew Wyatt, Cosby's spokesman, had no comment on Robero's ruling. Neither did Troiani and Kivitz or a spokesperson for the Enquirer.
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Cosby, 79, has been charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, now 43, at his Elkins Park, Pennsylvania mansion in January 2004.
He denies the allegations as well as similar ones from more than 50 women.
Cosby filed the lawsuit against Constand this past February – two months after newly elected Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele charged him in Constand's case.
While Cosby is actively trying to get the charges against him dismissed, so far he has lost all the motions to do so. He is due in court in Norristown, Pennsylvania on Sept. 6 for a pre-trial conference.
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