Opening statements begin in Canyon Lake woman’s sex-abuse civil suit vs. Bill Cosby
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Calling Bill Cosby a "planner'' who targeted young
girls, an attorney for a now-64-year-old Riverside County woman told a Santa
Monica jury today the comedian befriended his then-teenage client and her
friend in the 1970s, and eventually put his hands down her pants and forced her
to fondle him while at the Playboy Mansion.An attorney for Cosby, however, said a late change in the woman's
story about the timeline of events suggested the allegation is a
"fabrication,'' and the actions of the then-teenagers after the alleged
assault were "inconsistent'' with a crime being committed.Beginning the trial of the first sex-abuse lawsuit against Cosby to go
before a jury, attorney Nathan Goldberg told the panel his client, Judy
Huth, of Canyon Lake, met the comedi