Five women filed a lawsuit on Monday against NBC and Bill Cosby under a New York state law that temporarily suspends the statute of limitations for older sexual assault claims. The women allege tha…
under a New York state law that temporarily suspends the statute of limitations for older sexual assault claims.that Cosby either raped them or forced them into sexual acts. Four of the allegations date from the late 1980s or 1990, when the actor was at the height of his fame as the star of “The Cosby Show” on NBC.
, which opens a one-year “lookback window” for accusers to file civil claims of sexual assault, regardless of the statute of limitations. The window opened on Nov. 24, six months after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law. Unlike similar statutes in New York and other states, the law applies to accusers who were adults at the time of the alleged assaults.
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