Bill Cosby sued

2014-12-03 8

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Bill Cosby is being sued by a woman alleging he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15, in what is believed to be the first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian.

In the five-page suit Judy Huth says she was molested after she and a 16-year-old friend were served "multiple alcoholic beverages" at a house on the grounds of Cosby's tennis club before he led the girls to the Playboy Mansion.

A woman answering the telephone at the office of Cosby's Los Angeles-based lawyer, Martin Singer, said the attorney was not commenting on the matter.

Cosby has faced a series of sexual assault accusations by more than a dozen women in recent weeks.

None of those women is believed to have filed a lawsuit.