A prominent Bill Cosby accuser filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Los Angeles artist Lili Bernard said she was prompted in part by Cosby’s recent release from prison.
The 84-year-old Cosby has been free since June, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction in another case on procedural grounds.
The 57-year-old Bernard says Cosby drugged and raped her in a hotel room after promising to mentor her on The Cosby Show.
She was 26 at the time, and had guest-starred on the award-winning sitcom as Mrs. Minifield.