Model sues Bill Cosby over alleged 2008 sexual assault
A model who has accused
“Bill Cosby touched an intimate part of Chloe Goins’ body while she was seriously disabled and/or unconscious,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit is the third filed against Cosby since last year, when allegations of his sexual abuse began receiving new scrutiny. Three of his accusers are suing the comedian for defamation in Springfield, Massachusetts, because of statements released on his behalf that branded them as liars.
Cosby is also being sued in Los Angeles by
Many of the accusations against Cosby are barred from being prosecuted or filed as civil lawsuits because of statutes of limitations.
Cosby’s attorney
Goins’ lawsuit does not specify a date when the incident occurred, but states it is being filed under a provision that allows victims of underage sexual abuse to sue for several years after they turn 18. Goins turned 18 in May 2008, which would place the incident several months before August 2008, the date her attorney
The AP doesn’t normally identify people who say they are victims of sexual abuse, but Goins has come forward publicly in the lawsuit and at a January news conference.
The lawsuit includes a list of 40 women who have accused Cosby, 78, of some form of sexual misconduct, including several who have accused the comedian of drugging and assaulting them. Some of the women are identified only by pseudonyms they have given during news conferences with attorney
Goins’ lawsuit states she met Cosby at the Playboy Mansion, who gave her drink that made her sick and dizzy, the complaint states. Cosby then offered to take her to a room to lie down, where she blacked out, according to the lawsuit.
When she awoke, the lawsuit states Goins was naked, her breasts were wet and sticky and Cosby was lower down on the bed biting one of her toes. The comedian left the room when Goins awoke and confronted him about what he was doing, the lawsuit states.
“Ms. Goins at no time gave Bill Cosby consent to touch her body in any way, let alone in a sexual manner,” the lawsuit states.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said last week that it is reviewing a police investigation into Goins’ allegations for a possible criminal case against Mr. Cosby. There is no timetable for when a decision will be made. Goins met with police detectives in January.
George Zimmerman says he inadvertently retweeted photo of Trayvon Martin’s body
Zimmerman was acquitted of murder in 17-year-old Martin’s shooting death, so when a crime scene photo of the dead teen appeared on his Twitter profile in late September many people online were outraged.
In a letter posted Monday, Zimmerman says that the photo in the original tweet was marked as “sensitive” so it didn’t automatically display and he retweeted the message, which said “Z-man is a one man army,” without seeing the image.
“The image of the body was blocked on my twitter feed and all twitter feeds,” the letter, embedded below, reads. “Until the user chose to click on the blocked image warning it does not show the image. I did not click on the blocked image and preview it prior to re-tweeting it.”
A Twitter representative told the Daily Dot that his explanation is plausible.
He doesn’t apologize in the letter, but Zimmerman does say he doesn’t want to relive the night he killed Martin and that he will never tweet images of him or his family.
“As many have learned about me throughout my trial and subsequent events, I hold my Christian values very close,” Zimmerman writes. “I believe that me knowingly re-tweeting that image, would not be looked upon favorably by God; therefore I would not do it.”
While his profile doesn’t show pictures of Martin, he does often mock the time President
Zimmerman has made headlines several times since his acquittal in July 2013. Aside from run-ins with the law, he’s known for tweeting controversial remarks, trolling his critics and posting racially insensitive material.
Students help first lady harvest White House garden
A gloved
“We’ve got to dig these babies up,” she said of the orange tubers as beads of perspiration on her forehead glistened in the afternoon sun. Students from four District of Columbia schools participated in the yearly fall harvest.
Some of the produce was tossed into a chicken vegetable salad that the group ate during an outdoor lunch on the South Lawn.
Carrots and peanuts were among the other crunchy edibles that were harvested.
Bees, including some from a nearby beehive, weren’t officially part of the program, but they swarmed participants nonetheless. The first lady fanned them out of her face and she doubled over at one point at the picnic table after a bee apparently became caught in her long hair.
Mrs. Obama started the vegetable garden in 2009, her first year at the White House, to begin a national dialogue about healthy eating. The garden led to “Let’s Move,” her national initiative to combat childhood obesity.
Google also recorded Tuesday’s harvest for a program it has that provides schools with guided virtual tours.