Bill Cosby is seeking to limit testimony in an upcoming civil trial tied to decades-old allegations.
According to court filings, Cosby has asked a judge to bar several women, including Janice Dickinson and Andrea Constand, from taking the stand.
He is also requesting that additional claims of sexual misconduct not be introduced as evidence, arguing that the alleged incidents were never criminally charged and should be excluded from the proceedings.
The civil case stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges an encounter with Cosby in 1972 while she was working at a restaurant in Sausalito, California. In her complaint, she claims Cosby gave her a pill she believed was aspirin.
She says she later lost consciousness and awoke the next morning in her bed wearing only her underwear.
In a prior sworn deposition connected to the matter, Cosby acknowledged obtaining a prescription for Quaaludes and renewing it multiple times. He testified that he acquired the medication with the intent of giving it to women in hopes of having sex, while maintaining that he did not take the pills himself.
Cosby has moved to dismiss the lawsuit. He previously served nearly three years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2021 on procedural grounds.
