Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at Playboy Mansion, jury finds-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro

A jury has found Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager in 1975 (Picture: Getty)

Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found.

Judy Huth testified to the civil trial that the 84-year-old had forced her to perform a sex act on him at the venue when she was just 16.

The jury also ruled that Cosby must pay the victim, who is now 64, $500,000 (£407,000) in damages.

Less than a year ago, Cosby was freed from prison after his sexual assault conviction was thrown out.

More than 50 women have come forward with abuse allegations against the man once one of America’s most beloved figures, charges the denies.

The civil case against Cosby in Santa Monica, California, was the first to go to trial and represented one of the last remaining legal actions against him.

Judy Huth testified that Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him at the Playboy Mansion (Picture: PA)

Cosby has been ordered to pay Ms Huth $500,000 in damages (Picture: Getty)

Although it was filed in 2014, it was delayed for years by Cosby’s criminal proceedings.

Ms Huth’s suit alleged that the actor had brought her and another underage friend to the infamous mansion, lured her to a bedroom and forced himself on her.

She testified that when she resisted, he forced her to perform a sex act on him.

Ms Huth, who was in tears on the stand, told the court she felt ‘mad, duped and foolish’ after the incident, as her lawyers presented a photo of her and Cosby inside the mansion.

Cosby was not required to appear in person at the trial and wasn’t present, but the court saw a 2015 deposition by Ms Huth’s attorneys, in which the comedian said he did not remember her and would not have pursued sex with a minor.

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Lawyers for Cosby tried to find holes in the claimant’s allegations, noting she had initially said she was 15 at the time of the incident, but changed that detail weeks before the trial.

They also claimed Ms Huth had offered her photo with Cosby to tabloids and others in search of a payout.

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