Victims’ Rights Attorney Gloria Allred: I’m ‘Very Happy’ Bill Cosby Charged

“This has been a very long process. This has been a journey towards justice. I’m very proud of Andrea. I don’t represent her, but I know that her attorney and she have shown quite a bit of courage in all of this, as have my 29 clients. We have one lawsuit. We are continuing to proceed with that lawsuit on behalf of Judy Huth against Mr. Cosby. We did take his deposition in October. There’s a protective order on it. I don’t know how long that will last. That will be up to the judge. We have filed a motion to compel seeking to have him be ordered to take — to appear for a second deposition based on his refusal to answer certain questions in the first deposition which we took in October.

So all of this is now coming together. I think that the prosecutor in Pennsylvania has looked at this very, very carefully. I don’t think it’s political. I think he’s looking at the facts. He was clear that the civil deposition in Mr. Cosby from Andrea’s case in 2005 and what Mr. Cosby said under oath in that deposition did play a role in the evidence that he is using to support his charge.

So I think this is a very significant development. And I for one am very happy about it. He has a right, of course, to his day in court and to a fair trial, but certainly the victim, Andrea, has a right to a fair trial as well.”