Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA reporter for the National Enquirer testified Friday that she was angered when the publication refused to run a story about a sex assault allegation against Bill Cosby in 2005.Robin Mizrahi was called to the witness stand by Cosby’s defense lawyer in a civil trial underway in Santa Monica.
Judy Huth is suing Cosby for allegedly assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 1975, when she was 16 years old.Mizrahi interviewed Huth about the incident in 2005, but the story never ran.
She testified that Cosby’s lawyer threatened “a large lawsuit,” and the publication ultimately agreed to run a “sweetheart” interview with Cosby instead.“I was angry that he killed my story,” she said.Mizrahi, who left the tabloid in 2010, wrote about the episode in an essay for The Latest in 2018.
Cosby’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, called her to testify because the version of the assault in Mizrahi’s essay differs from the account that Huth has given on the witness stand.
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