Beverly Johnson Responds to Bill Cosby Defamation Lawsuit
Via a statement given to People magazine.
This time last year, we were writing about Beverly Johnson’s bombshell essay in Vanity Fair, in which she alleged that Bill Cosby drugged her in the mid-1980s. We wondered at the time how Cosby’s high-priced attorney Marty Singer would respond.
Well, it’s taken a full year. And in the interim, Singer has departed, replaced by Monique Pressley, who on Cosby’s behalf announced that the entertainer is suing the supermodel and actress for defamation. Johnson, regularly featured in the pages of People magazine this year and years prior, on Monday gave the magazine a brief statement in response:
“I am aware of the statements from Bill Cosby.
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