Actor/ stand-up comedian Bill Cosby arrives to Montgomery County Courthouse as jury selection continues for his sexual assault retrial on April 4, 2018

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The plaintiffs in the new lawsuit are supermodel Dickinson, 68, Lili Bernard, Lise Lotte-Lublin, Janice Baker-Kinney, Rebecca Cooper, Linda Kirkpatrick, Angela Leslie, Pam Joy Abeyta and Heidi Thomas.

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Bill Cosby accuser model Janice Dickinson, 63, walks through the Montgomery County Courthouse in a break from testifying on the fourth day of the sexual assault retrial on April 12, 2018

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Lili Bernard attends the 4th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza on June 12, 2022

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Her case was made possible after Californiatemporarily extended its statute of limitationsin sexual assault cases withthe passage of Assembly Bill 2777.

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The Nevada litigation comes after a new state law recently took effect which eliminated the statutes of limitations for many sexual assault cases,per CNN.

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