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Bill Cosby Can Plead The Fifth In Civil Sexual Assault Suit, Judge Rules
Donny Gerrard Dead: Skylark Lead
When his sexual assault con- viction was overturned by Pennsylvania’s highest court, Bill Cosby theoretically be- came constrained in his ability to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate him- self. Attorneys for Judy Huth, who sued in 2014 claiming the comedian sexu- ally assaulted her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion, moved to depose Cosby after the rever- sal because there was no longer any active criminal in- vestigation.
L. A. County Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan found on Friday that Cosby can con-
questions that may land him in legal trouble, pointing to the possibility of being prosecuted again if new information is un- covered from his testimony in this case.
“I don’t think that by virtue of the fact that the Los Angeles Police Department said the in- vestigation is closed or the Dis- trict Attorney’s Office said we’re not prosecuting at this time, that he’s clear,” Karlan said. “If new evidence came up, nothing prohibits the police department or District Attor- ney from opening a new inves- tigation. There are tons of cases that have done that.”
'Wildflower' Passes Away
Singer Known For Hit Track
BILL COSBY
tinue to refuse answering
However, on Thursday the star's niece, Kimberly Chris- tian confirmed that the singing legend had passed away.
“My uncle, Donny Ger- rard,” she wrote in a Face- book post. Words cannot express my grief at this time. Rest peacefully.”
A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
DONNY GERRARD
Gerard rose to fame with the band that centered around then-keyboardist David Fos- ter.
The band was responsible for single Wildflower, which spent 21 weeks on the Bill- board charts.
The lead singer of band Sky- lark has died, his niece con- firmed.
Donny Gerrard, 75, was best known for his number one hit Wildflower that he per- formed with the Canadian band.
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