Cosby sued for stiffing law firm

Bill Cosby is refusing to pay a hefty legal bill in the runup to his criminal sentencing this month, according to a lawsuit.

Philadelphia-based law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis filed a complaint in Montgomery County, Pa., on Tuesday claiming the disgraced comedian is a deadbeat client.

Cosby is accused of “failure to pay for legal services rendered,” the paperwork obtained by the Daily News states.

The “amount in controversy” is “more than $50,000,” it states.

“This claim arises from a disagreement over the amount of legal fees charged,” Cosby lawyer Joe Green said in a statement to The News.

“Mr. Cosby’s team offered to submit that dispute to mediation, but Mr. Silver’s firm decided to file suit. We still hope to resolve the claim fairly,” Green said.

Schnader lawyer Samuel Silver represented Cosby in his breach-of-contract battle with accuser Andrea Constand.

In April, a jury convicted Cosby of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the drugging and sexual assault of Constand inside his Philadelphia-area mansion in 2004.

Before the conviction, Schnader lawyers tried but failed to have the criminal charges tossed based on the claim Cosby had a nonprosecution agreement with former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor.

Cosby, 81, is due for sentencing in the felony case Sept. 24.