PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby’s first accuser says his full deposition in her sexual assault lawsuit should be released because he broke the confidentiality pledge sealing their court settlement.
The sanctions motion Wednesday came after a judge unsealed excerpts from Cosby’s deposition this week in response to an Associated Press request.
Former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s 2005 lawsuit accuses Cosby of drugging and molesting her at his home.
Her lawyer argues that Cosby’s camp has commented over the years and again this week on the case while Constand has been forced to remain silent.
Meanwhile, Whoopi Goldberg, who has emerged as Cosby’s most prominent public defender this week, has an angry message for her critics: Back off.
On Wednesday, Goldberg said on ABC’s “The View” that she has gotten threats since she expressed support for Cosby on the show the previous day.
Goldberg says she takes rape and sexual assault very seriously but also believes in the principle of a person being innocent until proven guilty.
She says: “He has not been taken to jail or tried on anything.” She adds: “So back off me.”
