Five women are suing Bill Cosby, NBCUniversal, Carsey-Werner and Kaufman Astoria Studios under a New York law that temporarily lifts the statute of limitations on sexual assault claims.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the suit alleges that the companies facilitated sexual assault by “bestowing Bill Cosby with the power or the appearance of power at The Cosby Show.” It also claims that they either knew or should have known that the comedian was “sexually abusing, assaulting, and/or battering women, including on their premises, but did nothing to stop it.”
The allegations made by Lili Bernard, Eden Tirl, Jewel Gittens, and Jennifer Thompson date back to the late 1980s and early 1990s. Cindra Ladd says she met Cosby in 1969 and they were platonic friends until he drugged and raped her.