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Cosby lawyers: Release of deposition broke settlement terms

PHILADELPHIA

Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a judge Thursday to hold an accuser’s attorney responsible for the release of the comedian’s deposition in a 2005 Pennsylvania case.

They fault Andrea Constand’s lawyers for the weekend release of the transcript to news outlets including The New York Times and The Associated Press. They asked a judge to enforce undisclosed terms of the confidential agreement that settled the former Temple University employee’s sexual-assault lawsuit.

Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troiani, did not immediately return messages Thursday.

A court-reporting service she hired to take Cosby’s deposition said this week that it thought a recent unsealing order included the deposition. A federal judge had unsealed other motions in the case, but the deposition has never been filed in court.

Troiani has likewise accused Cosby’s legal team of violating the confidentiality clause through media comments and denials over the years. Cosby’s lawyers, including Temple University board President Patrick O’Connor, have said the denials referred to other accusers, not Constand.

Bono teams with Revo for eye-care awareness

NEW YORK

Bono, who has had problems with his own vision, is partnering with a company to provide better eye care to the underprivileged.

The “Buy Vision, Give Sight” campaign with eyewear brand Revo is designed to raise $10 million for screening, eyeglasses and other assistance to the impoverished. Revo will donate $10 for each pair of eyeglasses it sells, and the U2 frontman will introduce his own line of Revo sunglasses, which he has been wearing on U2’s sold-out tour, in the fall.

Bono, who was diagnosed with glaucoma two decades ago, says his eyesight is OK now. But in a Thursday statement, he said “tens of millions of people around the world with sight problems don’t have access to glasses, or even a basic eye test.”

He called sight a “human right.”

The 55-year-old rocker is known for his activism and philanthropy.

Associated Press