
Beleaguered comedian Bill Cosby is facing another trial this week, focusing on allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl back in the mid-1970s.
The TV personality, 84, has been accused in a civil suit of sexually assaulting Judy Huth at Los Angeles' Playboy Mansion when she was aged either 16 or 17.
Jury selection is expected to start on Tuesday at Los Angeles Superior Court and is projected to last up to a week, a Cosby spokesperson told the New York Post.
According to the representative, Cosby, who is legally blind, will not be present in court for the proceedings, for which opening arguments are expected to begin on June 1.
According to the Post, Huth has said that the alleged incident took place in 1975, after revising the timeline from her initial claim that she has been assaulted in 1974. The change of dates led to Cosby's team launching an ultimately unsuccessful bid to have the case thrown out.
Earlier this month, Judge David Karlan ruled that Cosby's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, could again depose Huth, and her friend, Donna Samuelson.
Cosby's spokesperson and crisis communicator, Andrew Wyatt, told the Post that Samuelson was deposed Friday, while Huth will be deposed Monday evening.
"This is a trial by assassination of Mr. Cosby's legacy and livelihood," Wyatt said, adding that Cosby, who denies the allegations, believed he will be "vindicated."
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