行动者比尔·科斯比面临新的指控性侵犯和五名女性身上的电池纽约根据周一提交的诉讼，美国新的成年幸存者法案。
这起诉讼是由女演员莉莉·伯纳德(Lili Bernard)和伊登·蒂尔(Eden Tirl)向纽约州法院提起的，她们都出现在《考斯比秀》(The Cosby Show)上，还有朱厄尔·吉唐(Jewel Gittens)、珍妮·汤普森和辛德拉·拉德(Cindra Ladd)，指控考斯比袭击、殴打、造成精神痛苦和非法监禁，并指控媒体公司玩忽职守。该诉讼还提到了NBC，即录制《考斯比秀》的工作室和该节目的制作公司。
根据诉讼，科斯比“利用他的权力、名誉和声望，包括被告NBC环球媒体有限责任公司、考夫曼·阿斯托里亚工作室有限责任公司和卡西-沃纳公司有限责任公司给他的权力、名誉和声望，以如此邪恶、可怕的方式滥用他的巨大权力”。
Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa., on Sept. 25, 2018.
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科斯比在其代表的一份声明中否认了这些指控，称“科斯比先生继续强烈否认对他的所有指控，并期待在法庭上为自己辩护。”
感恩节生效的《成年幸存者法案》允许声称遭受性侵犯的成年受害者提起诉讼，否则这些诉讼将会失去时效。这些女性的大多数指控发生在80年代末和90年代初，而拉德声称她在“大约1969年”被强奸
这五名女性提起的诉讼包括类似于针对科斯比的许多其他索赔，谁是2018年被定罪在2004年性侵犯了坦普尔大学的雇员安德里亚·康斯坦德。
该定罪于2021年6月被推翻，当时宾夕法尼亚州最高法院认为，由于科斯比与蒙哥马利县检察官达成协议，科斯比根本不应受到起诉，蒙哥马利县检察官同意，如果科斯比在康斯坦德对他提起的民事案件中作证，就不对他进行刑事起诉。
根据新的诉讼，科斯比麻醉并强奸了伯纳德，包括1990年8月的一次，当时他以虚假的借口安排了一次会议，声称他想帮助推进伯纳德的职业生涯。
“比尔·科斯比在未经伯纳德女士同意的情况下给她下了药，在他准备并提供给伯纳德女士的据称不含酒精的饮料中放入了一种未知的麻醉剂。诉讼称:“伯纳德小姐被不明药物麻醉后，比尔·科斯比未经她的同意脱下她的衣服并强奸了她。”。
诉讼称，伊登·提尔曾在《考斯比秀》中扮演一名警官，在被告知离开之前，她拒绝了多次去考斯比更衣室的邀请。
“突然，在没有得到同意的情况下，比尔·科斯比来到她身后，拉下她的手臂，环绕在她的胸前，按住它们，以便提尔女士不能移动或逃脱他的掌握，”诉讼在描述随后的攻击之前说。
科斯比的代表称，这些女性“不愿意接受”宾夕法尼亚最高法院为科斯比“平反”。
“根据记录，这些被指控的原告曾由[格洛丽亚]奥尔雷德女士代理，是2014年至2016年原告游行的一部分，”他们写道。“正如我们一直声明的那样，现在美国可以看到，这不是为所谓的性侵犯受害者伸张正义，这完全是为了钱。我们相信，法院以及舆论法庭将遵循法律规则，解除科斯比先生的这些指控。”
Bill Cosby sued by 5 women in new sexual assault allegations
ActorBill Cosbyis facing new accusations ofsexual assaultand battery from five women underNew York's new Adult Survivors Act, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
The lawsuit was filed in New York state court by actresses Lili Bernard and Eden Tirl, who each appeared on "The Cosby Show," as well as Jewel Gittens, Jennifer Thompson and Cindra Ladd and accuses Cosby of assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and false imprisonment and accuses the media companies of negligence. The lawsuit also names NBC, the studio where "The Cosby Show" was taped and the show's production company.
Cosby "used his power, fame, and prestige, including the power, fame and prestige given to him by defendants NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc., and The Carsey-Werner Company, LLC, to misuse his enormous power in such a nefarious, horrific way," according to the lawsuit.
Cosby, in a statement from his representatives, denied the allegations, saying, "Mr. Cosby continues to vehemently deny all allegation waged against him and looks forward to defending himself in court."
The Adult Survivors Act, which took effect on Thanksgiving, allows alleged adult victims of sexual assault to file lawsuits that would otherwise be time barred. Most of the allegations from the women took place in the late '80s and early '90s, while Ladd claims she was raped in "approximately 1969."
The lawsuit by the five women include allegations similar tonumerous other claims against Cosby, who wasconvicted in 2018of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a Temple University employee, in 2004.
The conviction was overturned in June 2021 when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court concluded Cosby's prosecution should never have occurred due to a deal he cut with the Montgomery County prosecutor, who agreed not to criminally prosecute Cosby if he gave a deposition in a civil case brought against him by Constand.
According to the new lawsuit, Cosby drugged and raped Bernard, including once in August 1990 when he arranged a meeting under the false pretense that he wanted to help advance Bernard's career.
"Bill Cosby drugged Ms. Bernard without her consent by placing an unknown intoxicant in a purportedly non-alcoholic drink that he had prepared and provided to Ms. Bernard. Once Ms. Bernard was incapacitated from the unknown intoxicant, Bill Cosby undressed and raped her without her consent," the lawsuit said.
Eden Tirl, who had a bit part on "The Cosby Show" as a police officer, declined repeated invitations to Cosby's dressing room before she was told to go, the lawsuit said.
"Suddenly, and without consent, Bill Cosby came behind her, pulled her arms down, wrapping them around the front of her chest and held them down so that Ms. Tirl could not move or escape his grasp," the lawsuit said before describing a subsequent assault.
Cosby's representatives said the women were "unwilling to accept" Cosby being "vindicated" by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
"For the record, these alleged accusers were once represented by Ms. [Gloria] Allred and were a part of parade of accusers back in 2014 through 2016," they wrote. "As we have always stated, and now America can see, this isn’t about justice for victims of alleged sexual assault, it’s ALL ABOUT MONEY. We believe that the courts, as well as the court of public opinion, will follow the rules of law and relieve Mr. Cosby of these alleged accusations."
