or not there was a sexual assault. if there was, she wins, if there wasn t, mr. cosby wins. each side will be able to get their witnesses and their evidence and present it to a jury and a jury will decide. so in other words, he will have to testify, he will have to somehow be deposed or go public for this lawsuit? that s, that s what s expected. because at its core, the issue is whether or not miss green was telling the truth. if she was telling the truth, then when mr. cosby is called, publicly branded her a liar, as the complaint maintains, then he was not telling the truth. so it needs to be squared up. and yes, the testimony of mr. cosby is relevant to the issues of whether or not he was there, whether or not he knew tamara green, whether or not he gave her pills, whether or not he sexually assaulted her. and so those are issues that are relevant to this lawsuit. mr. cosby s camp through his
a new lawsuit has been filed against bill cosby by one of his accusers, tamara green says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by the comedian in the early 1970s. and she is now suing cosby, not for assault, but for defamation. we spoke with green s attorney earlier. we advised her that this was an avenue that was appropriate. to be followed and pursued to have her day in court. to have a forum where truth can be tried, where both sides can be heard on the issue of whether or not there was a sexual assault. if there was, she wins, if there wasn t, mr. cosby wins. each side will be able to get their witnesses and their evidence and present it to a jury and a jury will decide. so does this lawsuit have merit? let s bring in mark geragos, a cnn legal analyst and defense attorney, great to see you,