A civil jury in California has found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, and ordered the comedian to pay more than $19 million in damages.
The case was brought by former waitress Donna Motsinger, who told the court that Cosby picked her up in a limousine after her shift, gave her wine and later handed her a pill she thought was aspirin.
According to court documents, Motsinger said she became unwell and later lost consciousness. She testified that she remembered being helped into a limousine and later waking up in bed, where she realized she had been sexually assaulted.
The jury awarded $19.25 million in damages, adding to a series of civil lawsuits against Cosby after his release from prison.
Cosby previously served nearly three years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand.
That conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2021.
He has also faced other lawsuits, including a 2022 case in which a jury found he sexually assaulted a teenager in 1975. Cosby has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
