Veteran Comedian Bill Cosby is facing sexual assault allegations from more than 30 women. (Photo : YouTube)
Bill Cosby has filed a petition to protect all the documents linked to the infamous 2006 Philadelphia sex-assault lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand and keep them confidential. His legal team has also moved to court to block a subpoena to protect the documents from Tamara Green, Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz.
It was reported earlier that Cosby's alleged sexual assault victims, Green, Serignese and Traitz, are filing a defamation lawsuit in Massachusetts court on the 77-year-old comedian for denying the decades old molestation charges.
The three women reportedly believe that the documents filed in the former Temple University employee's lawsuit will help their cause, in which Constand had accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her at his suburban mansion, Huffington Post reported.
Defense lawyer, George M. Gowen, representing the three alleged victims, counter-argued that the right to review the papers and further challenge any material set to be unsealed, that is linked with the Cosby's past, Access Hollywood reported.
On the other hand, Constand and Cosby had agreed on an unspecified settlement that is protected by confidentiality agreements. Cosby's lawyer argued on June 2, Tuesday, in Philadelphia federal court that the confidentiality clause should not be taken lightly and no one should be allowed to get their hands on the documents.
Accused by around 30 women of drugging and sexual misconduct, Cosby has not been charged in any of the case yet as the claims stand outside the statute of limitations. However, the still unproven charges have hit hard the comedian's reputation and many of his shows are now cancelled in the wake of public uproar.
Cosby has not spoken much about these renewed allegations yet. His legal team, headed by Martin Singer, has vehemently denied the charges by some of the sex assault accusers, calling it a conspiracy to blackmail the star.
