Hugh Hefner has been asked to testify in one of the however many sexual assault cases pending against Bill Cosby.
Attorney Gloria Allred revealed Wednesday she plans to depose the Playboy founder next month in a sexual battery civil suit involving her client Judy Huth, the New York Daily News reported.
Huth claims Cosby, 78, assaulted her inside the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was 15. She is among the more than 50 women who have come forward to say Cosby sexually assaulted them over the decades.
Cosby currently faces three criminal counts of aggravated indecent assault in Pennsylvania for a 2004 incident involving Andrea Constand, a former employee at Temple University where Cosby was on the board of trustees.
Cosby also faces claims in a half dozen civil suits in several states.
Allred revealed her plans to depose the aging Hefner in a Santa Monica courtroom Wednesday, the Daily News said.
With regard to Huth’s case, Cosby’s lawyers had asked the court to freeze the case, pending the outcome of his criminal case in Pennsylvania.
The judge agreed to let Cosby indefinitely postpone his second deposition, which was scheduled for next week, but said depositions for other witnesses can proceed.
Allred said she was anxious to get Hefner’s account on the record as soon as possible.
“Mr. Hefner is going to be 90 years old next week — we need to proceed with his deposition,” Allred said.
Martha Ross provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Follow her at twitter.com/marthajross.
