LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge will consider Tuesday whether to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by model and TV host Janice Dickinson against Bill Cosby.
Cosby’s lawyers are seeking dismissal of the case Dickinson filed last year after the comedian’s then-lawyer denied her allegations that Cosby drugged and raped her in 1982. Dickinson contends the denials in which she was called a liar caused her to feel re-victimized.
A decision on Cosby’s motion had been delayed to give attorneys on both sides time to address questions by Superior Court Judge Debre Katz Weintraub.
Tuesday’s hearing comes a day after Dickinson revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would have to undergo surgery and radiation treatment.
Cosby’s attorneys are seeking a dismissal of the case because they say Dickinson has given differing accounts of her interactions with Cosby over the years.