Cosby accuser files suit alleging he, wife Camille defamed her

Now Camille Cosby is in the cross-hairs of a new lawsuit filed by one of her husband BIll Cosby's accusers.

Renita Chaney Hill, a Pittsburgh woman who as a teenager was on an educational children's TV show with Cosby in the 1980s, filed suit Thursday against Cosby, making it the sixth lawsuit against him — and the third alleging defamation — arising from accusations that he drugged and raped more than 50 women in encounters dating back decades.

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Hill's lawsuit, filed in state court in Pittsburgh, alleges that Cosby, his wife of 51 years, and his Los Angeles lawyer, Martin Singer, defamed her, placed her in a "false light" through "retaliatory statements," and intentionally inflicted emotional distress after she went public in November 2014 to join the chorus of accusers coming forward after the allegations re-surfaced a few months before.

"Based on our investigation of the law, we believe the claims we put together are those that have the greatest chance of allowing Renita Hill to obtain justice for what happened to her at the hands of Bill Cosby," said one of her lawyers, George Kontos, shortly before holding a press conference to discuss the case.

"The filing of this lawsuit is one more step toward seeking justice for what happened to me and in holding Bill Cosby accountable for the false allegations that he's made against me," Hill said at the press conference, during which she was accompanied by her husband and two daughters.

Renita Hill, center, at press conference in which she and her attorneys allege molestation by actor Bill Cosby. pic.twitter.com/WxlzCPJDxk — Steve Mellon (@stevemellon412) October 15, 2015