Bill Cosby sued in Nevada by 9 women who accuse him of sexual assault

The lawsuit accuses Cosby of using his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault the women

FILE – Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa.
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Nine women filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby in the state of Nevada on Wednesday, just weeks after the state passed a law eliminating the statute of limitations for civil cases.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Nevada, accuses Cosby of using his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to isolate and sexually assault each of the nine women named in the lawsuit. 

The women suing Cosby are Janice Dickinson, Lise-Lotte Lublin, Janice Baker Kinney, Lili Bernard, Heidi Thomas, Linda Kirpatrick, Rebecca Cooper, Pam Joy Abeyta and Angela Leslie. 

A jury in a civil trial ruled Tuesday that comedian Bill Cosby sexually abused Judy Huth when she was 16 years old. The jury also awarded $500,000 to Huth.

Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s spokesperson, accused the women suing the comedian of being motivated by their “addiction to massive amounts of media attention and greed.” 

For more on this story, go to NBC News.

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