A jury on Monday awarded a $19 million judgment against Bill Cosby, finding him liable for s£xually ass@ulting a woman who was working as a waitress in 1972.
The plaintiff, Donna Motsinger, alleged in her lawsuit that Cosby drugged and raped her after picking her up in a limousine and bringing her to his comedy show in San Carlos, Calif. Motsinger was working at the Trident in Sausalito, and Cosby came in regularly while recording a stand-up album at a nearby theater.
According to her complaint, Cosby befriended her and invited her to the show. She alleged that Cosby offered her a glass of wine in the limo, and that she began to feel sick when she got to his dressing room. She began to go in and out of consciousness, and later awoke in her own home with all of her clothes off except her underwear.
