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Motion To Block Subpoena Of Bill Cosby’s Wife Denied

01.03.16 | 11:49 am

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, Camille Cosby, right, looks on as Bill Cosby speaks during a news conference about the upcoming exhibit, Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue at the... FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, Camille Cosby, right, looks on as Bill Cosby speaks during a news conference about the upcoming exhibit, Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, in Washington. After amassing a private collection of African-American Art over four decades, Cosby and his wife Camille plan to showcase their holdings for the first time in an exhibition planned at the Smithsonian Institution. Sexual assault allegations that recently resurfaced against Bill Cosby first became public in 2005 when a former employee of his alma mater, Temple University, claimed he had drugged and abused her a year earlier at his suburban Philadelphia home. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) MORE LESS

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied a motion by Bill Cosby’s wife to throw out a subpoena requiring her to give a deposition in a lawsuit brought by seven women who accuse the comedian of sexually assaulting them decades ago.

The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. Judge Magistrate David Hennessey in Springfield, Massachusetts, means Camille Cosby is scheduled to be deposed by lawyers for the women on Wednesday.

In his 12-page decision, Hennessey said Camille Cosby failed to prove that she and her husband were protected by the state’s marital disqualification law. He also rejected claims that the value of the testimony would be outweighed by the “undue burden” it would cause.

Cosby has filed a countersuit against the women, accusing them of making false allegations for financial gain.

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