EXCLUSIVE PICTURE: Janice Dickinson arrives at court where judge throws out amended defamation claim against Bill Cosby and his bulldog ex-lawyer
- Last year Dickinson sued embattled comedian, alleging he falsely accused her of fabricating claim he drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe in 1982
- In November, the 60-year-old reality star amended her complaint naming Hollywood lawyer Marty Singer as an additional defendant
- Dickinson's underlying sexual assault complaint against the actor will go forward
- For more on the Bill Cosby assault claims visit www.dailymail.co.uk/cosby
A Los Angeles judge has thrown out a defamation claim by supermodel Janice Dickinson against against Bill Cosby and his former attorney Marty Singer, it emerged Tuesday.
In May last year Dickinson sued the embattled comedian, alleging he falsely accused her of fabricating a story in a 2014 TV interview in which she claimed he drugged and raped her in 1982.
In November, the 60-year-old reality star amended her complaint naming Hollywood lawyer Singer as an additional defendant.
Singer and Cosby argued it was free speech, not defamation, and filed a special motion to strike the complaint under California’s anti-SLAPP statute.
Dickinson's underlying sexual assault complaint against Cosby will go forward. She claims he drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe in 1982
Cosby and then lawyer Marty Singer (right) argued it was free speech, not defamation, and filed a special motion to strike the complaint under California’s anti-SLAPP statute.
The statute gives special consideration to lawsuits involving protected speech and the right to petition.
Dickinson, accompanied by her fiancé Dr Robert Gerner, was photographed arriving at L.A. County Superior Court for the hearing Tuesday morning.
At the hearing Judge Debre K. Weintraub issued a tentative ruling granting the defendants’ motion to strike the first amended complaint which added Singer as a defendant and more allegations against Cosby.
Dickinson's underlying sexual assault complaint against the actor will go forward, however.
Judge Weintraub stated that because Dickinson knew about Singer’s action when filing the initial complaint, he should have been named then, allowing the amended complaint to proceed.
Dickson’s attorney Lisa Bloom asked the court to delay a decision on striking the amended complaint until after the anti-SLAPP motion is decided, however Weintraub stuck by her decision.
‘I think we’re going to prevail on the anti-SLAPP motion at the end of February,' said Dickinson attorney Lisa Bloom.
'The primary focus of this case has always been against Bill Cosby and remains against Bill Cosby.
'We will continue to fight the case against Bill Cosby.'
A hearing on Cosby’s anti-SLAPP motion is set for February 29.
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