LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby was denied a new trial in a civil lawsuit in which a jury found that he sexually abused Judy Huth when she was a teenager in 1975. In June, she was awarded $500,000 in damages.
In his ruling, Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Craig D. Karlan explained why Cosby's appeal was denied, writing that the actor "has failed to establish he received an unfair trial or that insufficient evidence existed to establish his liability for plaintiff's harm."
Karlan further noted that Huth's lawyers were able to provide evidence that Cosby "intended to engage in sexual contact' with her, even though he knew she was a minor at the time.
