Bill Cosby will not be charged with a crime stemming from his alleged molestation of a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, authorities in Los Angeles said.
The alleged assault occurred later, after Judy Huth, who was just 15 years old at the time, said Cosby gave her alcohol to drink and led her to the mansion.
It's one of a series of around two dozen disturbing sexual assault accusations made against Cosby, 77, which Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner called sad.
The Los Angeles P.D. agreed to look into some of these claims, even though most occurred decades ago and are difficult, if not impossible, to pursue.
Prosecutors said the 40-year-old Huth claim against Cosby is far past the statute of limitations, which at the time of the alleged incident was merely three years.
"Therefore, prosecution today for a potential felony sex crime from 1974 would also be barred," the D.A. said, adding that at the time, this was a misdemeanor.
Cosby’s lawyers have called the assault claims discredited and defamatory, but more and more seem to surface every day, and not all of them decades old.
According to his latest accuser, Cosby drugged and licked Chloe Goins in 2008 at the Playboy Mansion. She was just 18 at the time; Cosby around 70.
While Cosby defenders are quick to point out that he's never been charged, and/or that people may be trying to extort him, the allegations are piling up.
High-profile names such as Kathie Lee Gifford, Beverly Johnson and Janice Dickinson have also come forward with various claims about his behavior.
In 2006, he settled for an undisclosed sum a lawsuit brought by another woman, Andrea Constand, who claimed Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her.
Many others have told shockingly similar stories, and surprisingly few have taken any legal action, seeking primarily to be heard after years of silence.
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