Cosby Permitted To Intervene In Accuser’s Deposition In Defamation Suit

Mealey's (October 4, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Granting in part a motion to intervene by Bill Cosby, a Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 3 ruled that the comedian’s counsel may attend the deposition of one of his sexual assault accusers in a related defamation suit, finding that Cosby had an interest in protecting certain details in a 2006 confidential settlement agreement (CSA), while making it clear that the counsel may not interfere with the deposition (Andrea Constand v. Bruce Castor, No. 2:15-cv-05799, E.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136742)....