
A Santa Monica jury awarded Donna Motsinger $19 million after finding Bill Cosby civilly liable for drugging and raping her in 1972, resolving a decades-old allegation and demonstrating that historical claims can still lead to substantial civil liability. The Lively‑Baldoni case, which moves to trial on three surviving allegations after most claims were dismissed, underscores that civil litigation in the entertainment sector continues to produce a range of outcomes from large verdicts to partial dismissals and ongoing trials.
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