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First suit filed against comedian Cosby over sexual assault claim

Bill Cosby performs during a show at the Maxwell C King Centre for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, recently. NBC and Netflix recently cancelled projects with Cosby. [PHOTO: AP]

Bill Cosby was sued by a woman alleging he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15, in what is believed to be the first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian.

The five-page complaint, filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, charged that Cosby sexually abused plaintiff Judy Huth.

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