Bill Cosby countersues 7 accusers

[WhiteTara]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/12/14/bill-cosby-countersues-accusers-in-massachusetts/77298438/

Bill Cosby is claiming defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday against seven of his accusers.

"Mr. Cosby states plainly that he neither drugged no sexually assaulted the defendants and that each defendant has maliciously and knowingly published multiple false statements and accusations from Fall 2014 through the current day in an effort to cause damage to Mr. Cosby's reputation and to extract financial gains," Cosby's attorney, Monique Pressley, tells USA TODAY in a statement.

The suit, filed in federal court, is aimed at Massachusetts accusers Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie. The lawyer's statement adds that the "false...opportunistic" allegations have caused Cosby to suffer loss of jobs and "mortification."

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Cosby's defamation suit against the seven women comes after a federal judge in Massachusetts refused to throw out their suit against him in October.

"This was expected," says attorney Joseph Cammarata, who represents the seven women named in the Massachusetts suit. "It’s a page out of a defense lawyer’s playbook. It’s curious to me how there can be scores of other ladies who have come out, and yet Mr. Cosby has singled out seven of them to bring a claim against. It’s seems a bit retaliatory to me.”

[jeff47]

1. From the department of really bad ideas...

Hard to claim these 7 were the cause of that damage and the other ~33 were not. But this also means those other ~33 women can testify, instead of restricting the case to those 7.

[SwankyXomb]

4. His lawyers probably think

these 7 are the ones they can break in court, thus casting doubt over all the rest.

[DeltaLitProf]

2. Doesn't this mean . . .

. . . he'll have to be deposed, including cross-examination?

[WhiteTara]

3. Oh, the irony. nt

[Kelvin Mace]

5. His ego is out of control

And he will greatly regret the stupidity of this move.

[WhiteTara]

10. He is hoping that he can

scare those women and save his tattered reputation.

[2naSalit]

6. Ohhh Boy...

Can't wait to see what Larry Wilmore has to say about this. He hates Cosby and brings him up often so nobody forgets what this is all about.


Sadly for his victims, this is all going to be hard for them and bring up all kinds of ugly all over again.

[WhiteTara]

8. he is really pushing the envelope

that's for sure.

[2naSalit]

11. A sense of entitlement...

he seems to have a severe case of it... I consider it a mental health issue for those who have it.

[lindysalsagal]

7. This lawsuit might outlive him...

Maybe he's trying to stop the bleeding by scaring accusers....

[WhiteTara]

9. I agree. nt

[2naSalit]

12. That and his

spouse/manager has a major bankroll to protect.

[WhiteTara]

13. It's always about

the money.

[2naSalit]

14. A sad fact of life. nt

[dembotoz]

15. he is a rich man and expects to be treated as such

so the other he will go down swinging
see if the others have a taste for the hell he will provide them