According to Pressley, the comedian filed a lawsuit on Monday in
California, alleging that Johnson has made "false, malicious,
opportunistic and defamatory accusations" that he drugged her nearly
three decades ago.
Cosby is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, a retraction of her
statements, and the removal of the chapter from her memoir in which the
incident is mentioned. He also wants unsold copies of her memoir removed
from circulation.
"Mr. Cosby states that he never drugged defendant and her story is a
lie," Pressley told ABC News in a statement. "The suit further states
that defendant’s entirely fabricated accusations are nothing more than
an opportunistic attempt to resuscitate her own career and benefit
herself financially from the wave of media attention surrounding her
false allegations against Mr. Cosby, including the use of that attention
as a basis to generate interest in, and promote sales of her recently
published memoir, which devotes an entire chapter to the same lies about
Mr. Cosby drugging her that she has repeated to every media
publication, newspaper, magazine, or TV show that will hear her."
Johnson said in a statement that she was aware of the suit.
"I am aware of the statements from Bill Cosby," she said. "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. Thank you."
Source: ABC News
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