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LA police investigate Cosby abuse claim

LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles police opened an investigation into a woman’s claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old, a department spokeswoman said.

The investigation was opened Friday after Judy Huth, who is suing Cosby for sexual battery, met with detectives for 90 minutes, Officer Jane Kim said.

Huth’s civil suit claims Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion about 1974 when she was underage.

Attorney Gloria Allred said Huth met with two special-victim unit detectives Friday, three days after her lawsuit was filed.

“We are going to provide any and all evidence that she has,” Allred said.

Police did not give any additional details about the investigation. Police Chief Charlie Beck on Thursday urged potential victims of sex abuse by Cosby to speak with detectives, regardless of whether their claims were outside the statute of limitations.

Also Friday, crews cleaned up Cosby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after someone wrote “Rapist” on it three times.

Associated Press