In a brand new lawsuit, 9 girls accuse Bill Cosby of utilizing his “power, fame and prestige” to sexually assault them. The 85-year-old is pictured in 2018 arriving for his sexual assault conviction sentencing listening to in Norristown, Pa.

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In a brand new lawsuit, 9 girls accuse Bill Cosby of utilizing his “power, fame and prestige” to sexually assault them. The 85-year-old is pictured in 2018 arriving for his sexual assault conviction sentencing listening to in Norristown, Pa.

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Nine extra girls are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a brand new lawsuit, shortly after the state dropped its statute of limitations on such circumstances.

The lawsuit, filed in Nevada federal courtroom on Wednesday, alleges that the 85-year-old actor and comic “used his enormous power, fame, and prestige” to isolate and assault them. The girls say that Cosby drugged and assaulted them throughout encounters that happened between 1979 and 1992 in properties, dressing rooms and inns throughout Nevada.

The lawsuit comes simply two weeks after Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill eliminating the two-year deadline for adults to sue their alleged perpetrators for damages from sexual abuse. Cosby faces different sexual assault lawsuits in California, New York and New Jersey, states which have accepted related “lookback laws.”

In the Nevada lawsuit, the plaintiffs additionally allege that Cosby claimed curiosity in serving to them or their careers as a pretense to isolate and sexually assault them.

Among them is former mannequin and actuality TV star Janice Dickinson, who testified against Cosby in his 2018 prison trial in Pennsylvania to display that the comic’s alleged 2004 assault of Andrea Constand wasn’t an remoted case. According to the not too long ago filed lawsuit, Dickinson was allegedly raped by Cosby at a resort in Lake Tahoe after taking a tablet Cosby gave her to take care of her menstrual ache.

Cosby spent almost three years in state jail for drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, a former worker of the ladies’s basketball group at Cosby’s alma mater, Temple University, earlier than his conviction was overturned and he was released in 2021. Last yr, Cosby was ordered to pay $500,000 in damages to a girl who stated he sexually assaulted her on the Playboy Mansion when she was 16.

Over the years, greater than 60 girls have accused Cosby of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. He continues to disclaim all allegations.

Cosby publicist Andrew Wyatt blasted the plaintiffs’ grievance in a press release emailed to NPR on Thursday.

“It is disappointing to see that these alleged distractors are able to monetize false allegations against Mr. Cosby,” Wyatt stated. “The Merson Law Firm along with these alleged distractors are fueling false narratives for the potential of media fame and greed. Mr. Cosby continues to invoke his Constitutional Rights by saying, “Not Guilty” and vehemently denying all of these alleged allegations waged against him.”

The full grievance is beneath.