LAPD turns Bill Cosby's 2008 Playboy Mansion sexual assault case to the DA

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Chloe Goins has accused Cosby of drugging her and accosting her in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion in August 2008 when she was 18
Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct, but the statute of limitations has expired on most of their claims
There's no timetable for when a decision will be made on whether to charge the comedian, and it is unclear what charges could be filed

Published: 18:53 EST, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 19:31 EST, 1 October 2015

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Los Angeles prosecutors are reviewing an investigation into a model's accusations that Bill Cosby sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion, an official said Thursday.

District attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said Thursday that police detectives presented evidence Wednesday afternoon for a possible criminal case.

There's no timetable for when a decision will be made on whether to charge the comedian, and it is unclear what charges could be filed.

Chloe Goins went to the LAPD in January with her account of being drugged and sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby. The LAPD handed the case over to the district attorney on Wednesday

Model Chloe Goins met with detectives in January and has accused Cosby of drugging her and accosting her in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion in August 2008, but the comedian's lawyer has denied the claims, saying Cosby wasn't in Los Angeles at the time.

An email seeking comment from Cosby's attorney, Marty Singer, was not immediately returned.

Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct, but most of their claims are barred from being filed as civil or criminal cases due to statutes of limitations.

In July, Goins told the Daily Mail:

'I'm so thankful that this deposition came out for me and all the other victims of this sexual predator.

'I'm very relieved that everyone now knows that I've spoken the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

'The latest revelations hopefully now will lead to the fullest criminal prosecution of Mr Cosby for his sexual crimes against myself and all the other victims.

'The only reason I came forward was to make sure justice is done.'

Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct, but most of their claims are barred from being filed as civil or criminal cases due to statutes of limitations

Goins was the second woman to meet with Los Angeles police detectives to detail accusations against Cosby.

Prosecutors rejected filing charges against Cosby based on allegations by Judy Huth, a Riverside County resident who is suing the comedian, alleging he abused her in the early 1970s when she was 15 years old. Huth's lawsuit also states the abuse happened at the Playboy Mansion.

Huth's claims were rejected for a criminal case because the statute of limitations had expired.

Cosby, 78, is scheduled to be deposed in that case Oct. 9.

Fallout from the allegations against Cosby continues, with the University of San Francisco, a Jesuit Catholic school, revoking an honorary degree it presented to Cosby in 2012. The school announced the decision Wednesday, the same day Brown University revoked a doctorate of humane letters it granted Cosby in 1985, and days after Fordham and Marquette universities rescinded degrees they bestowed to Cosby.

THREE MORE WOMEN COME FORWARD: FORMER MISS AMERICA AMONG LATEST TO ACCUSE COSBY

Three more women came forward on Wednesday to accuse veteran comedian Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them decades ago, charges that come a week before Cosby is scheduled to give a sworn deposition in a separate sexual assault lawsuit.

Sharon Van Ert, Pamela Abeyta and Lisa Christie appeared at a Los Angeles news conference and alleged that Cosby assaulted them. They were teary-eyed as they gave their accounts.

Former Mrs. America Lisa Christie, who alleges misconduct by Bill Cosby, looks on during a news conference at the law office of attorney Gloria Allred

The news conference with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred came a week ahead of a deposition that Cosby, 78, has been ordered to give in a lawsuit brought by another Allred client, a woman accusing the comedian of sexually abusing her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15 years old.

Allred said she is opposing Cosby's motion for a protective order to restrict public release of the deposition he is set to give Oct 9. 'There should be transparency,' she said. A court is expected to decide the matter ahead of his deposition.

Allred said that while the statute of limitations prevents the three women at Wednesday's news conference from taking legal action, they wanted to add their voices to the more than 50 women who already have come forward with similar allegations.

Van Ert said she met Cosby when she was a waitress at a Southern California beachside jazz club in 1976. She said Cosby offered to walk her to her car one night and got in with her. She said she blacked out, woke up later alone and suspected Cosby of drugging and assaulting her.

Abeyta said that in 1975, when she was 25 and aspiring to appear in Playboy magazine, she arranged to meet Cosby and was taken to a Las Vegas hotel and given her own bedroom in his penthouse suite. She said she believes her drink was drugged when she attended a show with Cosby and his friends. She awoke later in the comedian's bed.

Christie said she met Cosby when she was a model and aspiring actress aged 18, and he cast her as an extra on 'The Cosby Show.' She said she viewed him as a father figure and maintained a platonic relationship with him for two years, but then he attempted to coerce her into sleeping with him.

Cosby's lawyers have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing by the 78 year-old entertainer. A representative on Wednesday said Cosby had no comment on the latest allegations.

Pamela Abeyta, (L) Sharon Van Ert (2nd (L) and Lisa Christie, (R) former Mrs. America,1997-1998, three new alleged sexual assault victims of comedian Bill Cosby