Bill Cosby was
hit with yet another lawsuit on Monday, by a woman who appeared on “The Bill
Cosby Show” and claimed she was forcibly raped by the comedian.
In
the suit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, Kathrine Mae McKee says that
she first met Cosby in 1964, and appeared on "The Bill CosbyShow" in 1971.
The
alleged incident took place three years later, in 1974, the lawsuit claims,
after Cosby asked her to pick up ribs for him and pick him up at his hotel,
after which they went to his friend’s boat party.
However,
when she arrived, McKee claims that Cosby, dressed in a bathrobe and knit wool
cap, “immediately set upon and physically attacked her,” tossing the ribs
aside.
“Cosby
was wild and aggressive, and was acting nothing like the man Ms. McKee had
known professionally,” the lawsuit reads.
Cosby
then violently lifted McKee’s dress and pulled down her panties, the lawsuit
says, and “proceeded to forcibly rape Ms. McKee” in an incident that was
“shocking, scary and horrible.”
The suit alleges defamation, claiming
that, after she came forward with her story, Cosby’s former attorney Martin
Singer sent a letter to media, in which Cosby denied her claim and called her a
liar. McKee further claims that Cosby made other false statements about her.
Alleging
defamation, McKee is seeking unspecified damages, but notes in her suit that
“the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000.”
In
the past year, dozens of women have accused Cosby of rape or sexual assault,
with many of the women claiming that he drugged them beforehand.
Cosby faces multiple lawsuits as the
result of the allegations. His former attorney, Martin Singer — with whom Cosby
has parted ways — has denied the allegations in the past.
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