Bill Cosby wasn't in LA at time of alleged 2008 assault, lawyer says

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Bill Cosby wasn't even in California the night a 24-year-old model says he sexually assaulted her at a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, the comedian's lawyer says.

Martin D. Singer, Cosby's attorney, said his client was in New York the night Chloe Goins says she was assaulted at a party Aug. 9, 2008, in Los Angeles when she was 18.

"Mr. Cosby was in New York on that date," Singer said, adding that he would give "documentary evidence to the appropriate authorities which conclusively establishes Mr. Cosby's whereabouts on Aug. 9 and for the preceding and succeeding days."

More than two dozen women have accused the 77-year-old comedian of sexual assault, but Goins could be the first woman whose claims fall within California's statue of limitations, depending on the specific charge.

Goins' attorney, Spencer Kuvin, told reporters outside LAPD headquarters that his client spoke with detectives for two hours.

"She was drugged. She doesn't know what happened, she blacked out and woke up finding Mr. Cosby over her as she was in a state of complete undress," Kuvin said. "I don't want to go into details about what he was doing, and I don't believe any of these cameras can actually publish what he was doing."

Goins told The Daily Mail last December that Hugh Hefner introduced her to Cosby, who brought her a drink.

"Everything kind of went a little foggy, I started feeling sick to my stomach, and just dizzy," she said.

Goins said she woke up in one of Hefner's spare bedrooms with Cosby licking her toes and masturbating.

Kuvin responded to Singer's allegations that Cosby was in New York, saying Singer "is doing his job, which is what we all should expect of him.

"The LAPD will be the judge in whether his evidence is sufficient or not. Let's see his proof. Until then, it is just a lawyer talking, which is not evidence," Kuvin said.

Meanwhile, NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt on Friday explained the network's decision to pull a sitcom featuring Cosby it had been planning to produce.

"Fifteen women came out and accused him," Greenblatt said. "While over the years we'd heard some of those accusations and knew there were settlements, it didn't seem to be the sort of thing that was critical mass.

"When we realized there seemed to be so much more of it, we (said) 'We're not sure.' He hasn't been proven guilty of anything; but when that many people come out and have similar complaints and it becomes such a tainted situation, there was no way we can move forward to it."

Kate Stanton contributed to this report.