The release of information about Bill Cosby’s 2006 settlement with a woman accusing him of sexual assault has reduced doubt about some allegations against the comedian, but raised questions about the nature of sealed documents and confidential settlement agreements involving public figures.
Andrea Constand, the plaintiff in the case, recently sought to strike the confidential portions of the settlement agreement in a request to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, but a judge has not yet ruled on that request. But The New York Times recently published a report on Cosby’s full deposition. The newspaper said it obtained the full 2005 deposition through a court reporting service.
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