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Associated Press

Bill Cosby is blasting his insurance company for quietly settling another civil lawsuit – this one brought by a woman claiming the comedian doped and groped her in the Playboy Mansion.
Details of the deal between insurance giant AIG and accuser Chloe Goins were scarce on Tuesday.

“All I can say on the record is that Ms Goins is satisfied with the settlement,” her lawyer, Spencer Kuvin, told the New York Daily News.
Cosby, meanwhile, said he never authorised AIG to cut a deal with Goins.
“AIG’s conduct is despicable, and I can only imagine how terribly they’re treating their policyholders, who don’t have my means and my resources,” Cosby said in the angry statement, according to spokesman Andrew Wyatt.
“AIG continues to act egregiously by settling these heinous claims without my knowledge and/or consent; and AIG continues to show they’re complicit in this scheme to destroy me and my family,” he claimed.
“I encourage all of AIG’s policyholders to drop this pathetic insurance company quickly, before they destroy you and your family. Ms Goins’ lawsuit never should have proceeded and I will still pursue my claims against her,” Cosby wrote.
Bill Cosby's lawyers ask court to void his conviction and prison sentence
News of the settlement with Goins came two weeks after AIG settled with seven women who sued Cosby for defamation in federal court in Massachusetts after his camp branded them liars over their claims of sexual assault.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Official Statement Re: AIG’s Unauthorized Settlement With Chloe Goins v. Bill Cosby
Yet again, AIG has shown their egregious behavior towards Mr. Cosby, who has… https://t.co/a4hof6VNdE
— Bill Cosby (@BillCosby) April 16, 2019

Goins, 28, stepped forward in December 2014 with claims Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, when she was 18 years old.
After speaking with police in January 2015 to file a report, Goins sued the Fat Albert star for sexual battery.
Cosby, 81, has denied the allegations through his spokesman and lawyers.
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According to Goins, she met Cosby at a private party at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 and consumed a drink that Cosby provided to her.
“After taking a few sips, she started feeling woozy,” Kuvin previously told the New York Daily News . The lawyer said Cosby then guided Goins to a bedroom in the mansion where she blacked out.
She woke up some time later, all of her clothes off, with Cosby down by her toes. He bit one of her toes, causing her to wake up
Spencer Kuvin, lawyer for Chloe Goins
“She woke up some time later, all of her clothes off, with Cosby down by her toes. He bit one of her toes, causing her to wake up. Her breasts felt wet and sticky, like someone had been licking them,” Kuvin said.
The lawyer said Goins demanded to know what was happening, and that’s when she allegedly saw Cosby pull up his pants and bolt out of the room.
Goins initially said the alleged assault took place at the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” party held at the Playboy Mansion in August 2008.
Cosby’s camp disputed the claim, saying they had evidence Cosby was in New York on the date of that specific party. Goins later said it was possible the party had a different title and a different date.
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Prosecutors ultimately declined to pursue any charges. They said the two potential crimes in the case would have been misdemeanour sexual battery and misdemeanour indecent exposure.
“Both of these offences occurred in 2008 and are barred by the statute of limitations and as such any consideration of a criminal filing is barred by law,” the prosecutor who filled out the rejection worksheet wrote. “Therefore prosecution is declined.”




Cosby was sentenced in September to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University staffer Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. He fought the charges during two criminal trials but never testified in his own defence.
Cosby’s spokesman said on Tuesday that AIG’s decision to settle with Goins over her “frivolous lawsuit” was unacceptable. He said AIG “ignored” the fact that prosecutors declined to prosecute. He fixated on Goins’ early claim that party was the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” event.
“Mr. Cosby’s legal team provided medical records, which showed that Mr. Cosby had undergone eye surgery and was in New York, recuperating at his home, at the time of the alleged events,” Wyatt said in his statement on Tuesday.
In court filings, Goins’ lawyer said his client was “unsure of the exact date of the visit” to the Playboy Mansion, but it “did occur in 2008”.
A spokesman for AIG said the company had no comment on Tuesday.


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Bill Cosby slams ‘despicable’ insurer AIG for quietly settling lawsuit over alleged assault on Chloe Goins at Playboy Mansion

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse on September 24, 2018. Photo: AP

FILE - In this Wed., Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, Chloe Goins, a model who claims entertainer Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, appears before reporters outside Los Angeles police headquarters after meeting police investigators in Los Angeles. Goins sued Cosby in a Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, claiming the comedian sexually assualted her in 2008 at the Playboy Mansion. Cosby's attorney has previously denied Goins' accusations, which are now also being reviewed by Los Angeles prosecutors for a possible criminal case. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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This September 25, 2018, booking photo obtained from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, shows comedian Bill Cosby after his sentencing. - Cosby was handcuffed and taken into custody on September 25 to begin a minimum three-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago. The 81-year-old, once beloved by millions as "America's Dad," is the first celebrity convicted and sentenced for a sex crime since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement and America's reckoning with sexual harassment. (Photo by HO / Montgomery County Correctional Facility / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Montgomery County Correctional Facility" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

NORRISTOWN, PA - SEPTEMBER 25: Bill Cosby is taken away in handcuffs after being sentenced to 3-10 years in his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on September 25, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In April, Cosby was found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004 and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. 60 women have accused the 81 year old entertainer of sexual assault. Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Andrea Constand (left) was sexually assaulted by comedian Bill Cosby. Photo: AFP

Bill Cosby’s lawyers ask court to void his conviction and prison sentence

Defence motion argues that trial judge erred and that sentence was too harsh

epa07047129 Andrea Constand (2-L), who testified against US entertainer Bill Cosby, leaves the room after a press conference in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, 25 September 2018 at the close of his sentencing hearing. Cosby was found guilty on three counts including Aggravated Sexual Assault and sentenced to 3 to 10 years of prison. EPA-EFE/TRACIE VAN AUKEN

FILE - This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a cell in the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. Bill Cosby spent the first night of his three-to-10-year prison sentence for sexual assault alone in a single cell, similar to this one, near the infirmary at the new state lock up outside Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Bill Cosby being escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, after receiving his three-to-10-year prison sentence for sexual assault. Cosby’s lawyers want a court to overturn the actor’s conviction. Photo: AP

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Model claimed Cosby had drugged and groped her during party in 2008
Actor urges AIG policyholders to drop firm, saying it settled case without his knowledge or consent


Model Chloe Goins claimed Cosby had drugged and groped her during party in 2008.


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Bill Cosby slams ‘despicable’ insurer AIG for quietly settling lawsuit over alleged assault on Chloe Goins at Playboy Mansion

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Model claimed Cosby had drugged and groped her during party in 2008

Actor urges AIG policyholders to drop firm, saying it settled case without his knowledge or consent