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Bill Cosby, 88, has lost his bid for a new trial in a $19 million sexual assault lawsuit. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bradley S. Phillips ruled Friday that Cosby did not prove his claim that there was “any irregularity” in the court proceedings that would have prevented him from receiving a fair trial. He also ruled that the $19.25 million in damages awarded to his accuser, Donna Motsinger, were not “excessive.” In March, acivil jury foundthat Cosby had drugged and sexually assaulted the former waitress in 1972, after escorting her to one of his shows. It awarded Motsinger, now 84, the multimillion-dollar settlement, rejecting Cosby’s defense that he was a target of mass vigilantism and had not assaulted her. The case, brought more than 50 years after the incident, was able to go forward because of changes to the law allowing historical victims of sexual assault to bring civil cases against their abusers. Cosby has faced multiple allegations that he drugged and raped women, with New York magazinepublishing an exposéinvolving dozens of women in 2015, after one woman successfully sued him and won in 2014. He also served almost three years in a Pennsylvania prison on sexual assault charges before that case was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2021.
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The Black Crowes frontman, Chris Robinson, got into a shouting match with Florida fans after they began chanting “USA, USA, USA” during a stop in Tampa on Sunday. Just before the band was about to play their 1990 hit “She Talks to Angels,” the crowd began chanting, which upset Robinson, 59, and prompted him to say pointedly, “Thanks for the geography lesson.” When the group of fans didn’t back down, Robinson became even more agitated. “I don’t know what you have to be so proud of right now,” he said, after which some fans began booing while others left. “For those of you f---ing booing us, some of us are not afraid. And we most assuredly are not f---ing ignorant,” he shouted back. The Atlanta-native band had major hits in the early 1990s, especially with their first two albums. They reunited in recent years, with brothers Chris and Rich Robinson helming the band and released their 10th studio album at the beginning of 2026. In promoting their new work, Robinson clarified that he is “not interested in politics” but is unhappy with the current state of the world. “I know what’s right and wrong—and this s--t going on right now is wrong,” hesaid in an interviewwith Mojo March. “The world’s teetering on the edge with all this bulls--t,” he added, without specifying exactly what he was referring to. Robinson was married to actress Kate Hudson from 2000 to 2006. They are the parents of 22-year-old Ryder Robinson, a budding actor and musician.
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