- A jury in a civil suit in California found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old Judy Huth at the Playboy mansion in 1975.
- Huth was awarded $500,000 in damages.
- Huth alleged that Cosby attempted to force her into putting her hand down his pants. Cosby's team denied the allegation.
A jury in a civil suit in California found Bill Cosby liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing a 16-year-old Judy Huth at the Playboy mansion in 1975, the Associated Press reported.
The courts awarded Huth $500,000 in damages, though no punitive compensation was awarded.
Huth, who filed the lawsuit in 2014, alleged that Cosby molested her.
Cosby's legal team denied the claims and called them a "fabrication."
Huth, 64, said that Cosby attempted to force her into putting her hand down his pants after encouraging her and a friend to lie about their age at the Playboy mansion. Huth also said that Cosby had exposed himself and "performed a sex act on himself" even after she lied about menstruating in an attempt to discourage him.
Huth's friend Donna Samuelson, who said she was with Huth that day, took to the stand to say that Huth was in distress.
"She said 'I want to go, I wanna leave,' she was crying," Samuelson said, according to The Associated Press.
The trial had been put on hold while Cosby spent time in jail for previous criminal sexual assault charges. He was later released from jail after a Pennsylvania Supreme court claimed a district attorney in Pennsylvania made an agreement in 2005 not to prosecute Cosby.
As a result of this decision, Cosby will not be sent to jail in this civil decision.
Sixty women have previously accused Cosby of sexual violence, harassment, and rape. Cosby has denied the allegations saying that sexual acts were consensual.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
