Bill Cosby is being sued again and this time the rape accuser is Sammy Davis Jr’s ex-girlfriend. Katherine McKee has filed suit against Cosby for Defamation after claiming last year that the iconic actor raped her.
Katherine McKee’s claims about a 1974 encounter with Bill Cosby differ greatly from many of his other accusers. Nearly all of the sexual assault and rape allegations against Cosby involve the use of alcohol and prescription drugs that the actor would supposedly give his victims.
McKee told a story about how she was summoned to Bill Cosby’s hotel room with some ribs, presumably to share a meal with the star according to TMZ. According to the lawsuit, when McKee arrived at Cosby’s Detroit hotel room, Cosby tossed the ribs and then attacked her. Katherine claims Bill Cosby then raped her right there.
Katherine McKee told her story to the New York Daily News in 2014 and Cosby was quick to take action. Bill’s lawyers went on the attack of McKee and branded Sammy Davis Jr’s Ex as a liar. This has been a typical tactic as dozens upon dozens of complaints about Bill Cosby’s alleged history of sexual assault and rape continue to get reported.
The statute of limitation has run out in Katherine McKee’s case, as with many of the other Bill Cosby accusers, so she can’t go after Cosby in criminal court. What she can do though, is try to hit the legendary actor right in his wallet. McKee is suing Cosby for defamation of character and joins the ranks of at least seven other women who have filed suit.
Now that so many women have claimed Cosby assault them in some manner, it will be easier for McKee to win a defamation suit. As more and more women come forward and speak out against Cosby, the confidence of his fans begins to crumble.
Bill is still fighting the seemingly never ending stream of accusers by suing some of them himself. Right on the heels of the Katherine McKee lawsuit news, Cosby turned around and filed his own defamation suit against Beverly Johnson. The suit claims that Cosby never spent any time alone with Johnson and that her claims are a lie in an attempt to “revive” her failing career.
That was pretty harsh and Beverly Johnson is standing strong regardless. The supermodel responded in a statement, “I am aware of the statements from Bill Cosby. In cases of rape and abuse, abusers will do whatever they can to intimidate and weaken their victims to force them to stop fighting. I ask for your support of all of the victims involved.”
Now that the list of Bill Cosby has grown into the dozens, there are some familiar names starting to pop up as alleged victims of the actor. Cosby is starting to lose support among his fans and he could potentially pay out a huge chunk of his fortune too if these lawsuits don’t go his way.
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