Artist sues Bill Cosby over alleged hotel encounter in 1990

The 84-year-old former entertainer has been free since June, when the Pennsylvania supreme court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction in another case on procedural grounds

Bill Cosby. File Picture: AP

A prominent Bill Cosby accuser is suing the actor over an alleged hotel room encounter in 1990 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, before the state’s two-year window for filing older sexual assault claims expires.

Los Angeles artist Lili Bernard told The Associated Press she was prompted in part by Mr Cosby’s recent release from prison.