No charges for Bill Cosby in Playboy case

Los Angeles prosecutors say there will be no criminal charges against Bill Cosby relating to a 1974 Playboy mansion incident involving accuser Judy Huth.

An investigation was opened after Huth, who is suing Cosby for sexual battery, met with Los Angeles police detectives earlier this month.

She says Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy mansion when she was a teen. She has filed a civil suit against him, claiming she has suffered severe emotional distress.

Earlier this month, Police Chief Charlie Beck urged anyone with accusations against Cosby to speak with detectives, regardless of whether their claims were outside the statute of limitations.

Now, according to the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles prosecutors say there will be no charges in the Huth case because it's past the statute of limitations.

In 1974, the statute of limitations for filing a misdemeanor case was one year; the statute of limitations for a felony sex crime committed was three years, according to the prosecutors' analysis.

Cosby's lawyers are seeking a dismissal of Huth's civil lawsuit, arguing it is also blocked by the statute of limitations.

Cosby, 77, has not been charged in connection with any of the allegations from any of the women. A 2005 lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman was settled before it went to trial.

The comedian's wife, Camille, and daughter Evin, have both spoken out lately in defense of Cosby.