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3 Cosby accusers have their distress claims dismissed
Three women who had accused Bill Cosby of the intentional infliction of emotional distress in a Massachusetts case have had those claims dismissed. A document filed Friday in federal court shows the claims were dismissed after Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz and Joan Tarshis conferred about the viability of the claims. The women are among dozens who have alleged Cosby molested them decades ago. Cosby is set to go on trial in June in another case. He’s accused of sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
Trump: I’m not to blame for ‘sad end’ to ‘Apprentice’
The president tweeted Saturday that his replacement at the “The New Celebrity Apprentice” reality television show is to blame for its poor ratings and not, as Arnold Schwarzenegger says, Trump’s continued involvement with the show.
Schwarzenegger, who replaced Trump as host of the show while the president remained its executive producer, announced Friday he’s through. “With Trump being involved in the show, people have a bad taste and don’t want to participate as a spectator or as a sponsor or in any other way support the show,” he said in an interview. “It’s a very divisive period now, and I think this show got caught up in all that division.”
But Trump, who taunted Schwarzenegger for the show’s poor ratings and even mocked him during an address at the National Prayer Breakfast, tweeted Saturday: “Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show.”