Bill Cosby has replaced the law firm overseeing civil litigation around the country linked to accusations he drugged and molested women.
Liner LLP, known for its work in entertainment law, is replacing lawyers with the powerhouse litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt confirmed Monday. Both firms are based in Los Angeles.
Litigation department chairwoman Angela Agrusa will now represent Cosby in the defamation and sex-assault lawsuits. Several women have sued Cosby for branding them liars in lawsuits filed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and California. Cosby has countersued some of them.
Agrusa, in a statement, said she did not want to try the cases in the media. She said Cosby “deserve(s) representation to ensure that justice does not yield to news cycles and soundbites.”
“Trying Mr. Cosby in a court of public opinion — as imbalanced media coverage promotes — runs directly counter to our judicial system’s most fundamental guarantees of fairness under the law,” she said.
