Bill Cosby won't be facing criminal charges in two sexual assault cases, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
The District Attorney said that the comedian cannot be prosecuted in the first case due to the statute of limitations and that a great deal of time had passed to charge Cosby after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old woman, identified as Jane Doe #1 in the document, after buying her drinks at a Hollywood jazz club in 1965, according to NBC News.
In the second case, Cosby faced allegations from model Chloe Goins, referred to as Jane Doe #2, who claimed that the comedian drugged her at a party at the Playboy mansion in 2008 when she was 18 years old.
Goins said that Cosby spiked her drink and when she woke up, she found that she had been undressed and her breasts felt moist and sticky "as if someone had been licking them," and Cosby was at the foot of her bed biting on one of her toes, as HNGN previously reported.
Goins initially said that the rape incident took place at the Midsummer Night's Dream Party at the mansion in August 2008 but later changed her statement to mention that she wasn't sure if she was sexually assaulted at that party or another event at the venue in the summer, according to TheWrap.
Investigators went through video footage of the Playboy mansion event, as well as the party guest list, but did not find any evidence to support Goins' claims.
Goins' allegations against Cosby included two offenses - misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor indecent exposure. "Both of these offenses occurred in 2008 and are barred by the statute of limitations and as such, any consideration of a criminal filing is prohibited by law. Therefore, prosecution is declined," the District Attorney said, according to Deadline.
"Additional potential felony sex offenses not barred by the statute of limitations were also evaluated," the D.A. added. "Sexual battery by restraint, a felony, was contemplated but there is insufficient evidence to prove the elements of this crime. Sexual assaults by intoxication or of an unconscious victim and the attempts to commit such crimes, as well as assault with intent to commit a sex offense were also considered. However, there is no evidence to support the filing of these crimes."
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