New York Daily News

Cos’ Supreme defame appeal

- Nancy Dillon

It’s official — Bill Cosby wants the highest court in the land to weigh in on his defamation battle with former supermodel and rape accuser Janice Dickinson.

The disgraced comedian wants the Supreme Court to overturn prior decisions by a California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court that upheld Dickinson’s right to sue for defamation based on his lawyer’s statements branding her a liar.

In his 184-page filing that surfaced Tuesday, Cosby argued the decisions by the California courts were flawed and should have met the same fate as similar defamation cases filed elsewhere.

Cosby, 80, was convicted in April of three felony counts of sexually assaulting Constand.

His sentencing in the criminal case has been set for September.

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