Bill Cosby files papers against accuser

Bill Cosby, 78, has filed legal papers against a woman accusing him of sexual assault, condemning her “obvious attempt to smear” him.

Cosby made the filing in the US district court in Philadelphia against Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who has alleged the comedian tricked her into taking drugs before sexually assaulting her.

Cosby claims Constand breached a confidentiality agreement in the leak of his full deposition from a 10-year-old civil case to the New York Times.