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Cosby wants money back from accuser in sex-assault case

PHILADELPHIA

Bill Cosby is demanding that the accuser in his criminal case repay a confidential sex-abuse settlement because she cooperated with police who reopened the case and arrested him last year.

Cosby filed a sealed breach-of-contract lawsuit this month that said the settlement barred Andrea Constand from “voluntarily” discussing the case with law enforcement.

The suit said Constand had no legal duty to co- operate with Pennsylvania authorities because she lives in Canada. The interviews she and her mother gave to investigators last year were “voluntary” and violated the settlement terms, the suit said.

Associated Press