Bill Cosby accused of sexual assault by 9 women in Nevada lawsuit

Details: The lawsuit alleged that Cosby "used his enormous power, fame, and prestige, and claimed interest in helping them and/or their careers as a pretense to isolate and sexually assault them."

• The alleged incidents of sexual assault and battery took place in Nevada from roughly 1979 and 1992, the lawsuit stated.
• Cosby "drugged or attempted to drug each of these women before sexually assaulting them," it added.
• The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified compensatory damages "for pain, suffering, injury, emotional distress, and for medical expenses, past and future."

Zoom out: More than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct or rape.

• Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison in 2018 for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004, but the Pennsylvania's Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2021.
• In June 2022, a California civil trial jury determined that Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975.

The big picture: This isn't the first time a change to a state's statute of limitations on sexual assault cases has opened the door for new legal action against Cosby.

• Five women filed a lawsuit against Cosby last December after New York passed the Adult Survivor Act, which gives adult survivors of sexual misconduct a one-year window to sue their abusers regardless of when the incident occurred.