Judge Tosses Out Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby

BY: Denver Sean

Published 8 years ago

A federal judge in Massachusetts handed Bill Cosby a small legal victory by dismissing a defamation lawsuit.

Judge Mark Mastroianni ruled Thursday that Katherine McKee didn’t adequately show Cosby defamed her when his representatives called a 2014 New York Daily News story on her rape allegations defamatory and demanded a retraction.

The former actress alleged the 79-year-old Cosby raped her in a Detroit hotel in 1974.

McKee was among dozens of women to come forward with allegations recently and among at least eight suing for defamation in Massachusetts, where Cosby owns a home.

Cosby’s lawyers called Thursday’s decision the “correct outcome.” McKee’s attorneys didn’t immediately comment.

In Pennsylvania, “The Cosby Show” star has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a former employee at Temple University.

He got lucky.

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Judge Tosses Out Defamation Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby

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