Accuser asks judge to hold Bill Cosby in contempt, says he has paid none of $59.25M judgment
Donna Motsinger asked a judge to hold Bill Cosby in contempt, saying in court documents that Cosby “has not paid a single dollar” of a $59.25 million civil judgment, Fox News Digital reported on Nov. 12, 2026.
Fox News Digital said a jury found Cosby liable in March for drugging and sexually assaulting Motsinger in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million — including $17.5 million for past mental trauma, $1.75 million for future mental suffering and $40,000,000 in punitive damages.
According to the report, Judge Bradley S. Phillips in October granted Motsinger’s request for a hearing on a motion to compel and ordered Cosby to “serve verified, code-compliant responses, without objection, within ten (10) days of this Order.” The judge also ordered Cosby to “pay monetary sanctions of $1560 to Plaintiff’s counsel within ten (10) days of this Order.”
Motsinger’s filing, cited by Fox News Digital, states the alleged noncompliance: “noncompliance is not partial, late, or excusable. It is total. He served no responses by October 19, and he has served none since. He paid nothing by October 19, and he has paid nothing since.”
Attorneys told Fox News Digital that a court could issue a warrant related to failure to comply with an order to answer written questions about assets, not simply for unpaid civil debts. “Courts typically are not able to jail people for unpaid civil debts,” Joshua Wurtzel, a partner at Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital quoted Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer Danny Rubin saying Motsinger’s request for a “debtor’s examination” could force Cosby to disclose assets; Rubin said failure to appear for such an exam can result in an arrest warrant. Oakland criminal defense lawyer Jo-Anna Nieves told Fox News Digital the examination could probe bank accounts, investments, real estate, business interests and other assets and, depending on circumstances, transactions involving family members or connected entities.
Fox News Digital reported Cosby’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The outlet noted Cosby was released from prison in 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his 2018 criminal conviction. Fox News Digital also reported that jurors in June 2022 found Cosby sexually abused Judith Huth and that former Playboy model Victoria Valentino filed a lawsuit in June alleging an assault in 1969. Motsinger was among anonymous witnesses who testified in a 2005 civil case filed by Andrea Constand, the outlet reported.
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