A lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges that nine women have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and battery that occurred in his Las Vegas hotel suite.
The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court District of Nevada names Lise Lotte-Lublin, Lili Bernard, Janice Baker-Kinney, Rebecca Cooper, Janice Dickinson, Linda Kirkpatrick, Angela Leslie, Pam Joy Abeyta, and Heidi Thomas as the women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and battery.
Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt, has opposed the claims made in the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the assaults took place between 1979 and 1992 in Nevada, and that Cosby drugged or attempted to drug each woman named before sexually assaulting them.
According to the lawsuit, Lise Lotte-Lublin met Cosby around 1989 after he offered to mentor her in modeling and acting. Cosby invited her to his Las Vegas hotel to assess her acting skills, but instead, he allegedly gave her two beverages to help her relax. It is alleged that Cosby put intoxicants in Lotte-Lublin’s drinks, which made her dizzy and unable to move on her own. Cosby then proceeded to rape her. The lawsuit also includes the accounts of eight other women who are seeking damages on the basis of sexual assault, battery, assault, infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment.