Depositions have not been kind to Bill Cosby this past year, and the much-accused comedian is throwing a lot of legal weight at getting out of having to give another one. In a filing made Monday by his attorneys to the California Court of Appeals, Cosby wants the depositions ordered by an L.A. Superior Court judge on November 2 in Janice Dickinson’s defamation case put on long-term hold – partially because he says his former lawyer Marty Singer didn’t say anything to defame the former America’s Next Top Model judge, who claims that Cosby raped her.
Following an order by Judge Debra Weintraub earlier last month, Cosby and Singer, who is now a defendant in Dickinson’s case over 7-month old case, were scheduled to sit for depositions on November 19 and November 23. The 2nd District Court of Appeal hit pause on November 12 after Cosby filed a petition requesting a stay three days beforehand. The Appeals court stated that though there was a temporary halt in the matter, it wanted both sides to provide more information before granting a lifting of the stay. Dickinson’s lawyer Lisa Bloom submitted a filing on November 20 asking that the stay be lifted and the previously ordered depos be allowed to go forward.
Source: Deadline
