Camille Cosby Testifies In Defamation Lawsuit Filed Against Her Husband; Must Return For Part Two – blogged by: @proudlylauren

A federal judge this past Friday, ordered Camille Cosby, wife of Bill Cosby, to testify in the defamation lawsuit filed against her husband by seven different women. Tamara Green, a former actress and lawyer, filed the initial suit against the performer in December 2014.

Mrs. Cosby’s lawyers initially sought to delay the deposition. In a document filed Friday in the US district court, Camille’s lawyers asked that she not be forced to testify against her husband, citing spousal privilege. A week prior to this request, on February 11, U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianna ruled that Mrs. Cosby must answer at least some questions in a deposition about the case, refuting her teams argument that her marital privilege protects her.

Mrs. Cosby has stood by her husband’s side through all of the previous allegations, avoiding having to testify against him until now. Today’s testimony was the first time she’s spoken out since over 50 women went public with various allegations against her husband, accusing him of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them.

Cosby’s attorneys argued that Mrs. Cosby “has had no involvement with the facts of allegations underlying this case” and that her testimony will create “an unnecessary media circus and personal security threat that serves no purpose other than to harass and embarrass her.”

The plaintiff’s team countered, however,  that “she is someone close to him for 50 years,” and that her testimony was crucial to learn about her husband’s “relationship to her and his relationship to other women.”

Part one of Camille Cosby’s deposition was held Monday at a Marriott in Springfield, Mass. She must return on  March 14 for the second half of the deposition.