--- title: L.A. Declines to Charge Bill Cosby in Two Sexual Assaults description: One case was dismissed for lack of evidence and the other was well past California's statute of limitations to file charges. canonical: https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-06T22:30:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:50:40.260Z article:section: U.S. og:title: L.A. District Attorney Won't Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases og:description: The cases were dismissed because of lack of evidence and statute of limitations og:url: https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb10a27b1d58b1de7/698877f25f570f7602b1f134/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bill Cosby, Monique Pressley, Brian McMonagle og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: L.A. District Attorney Won't Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases twitter:description: The cases were dismissed because of lack of evidence and statute of limitations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb10a27b1d58b1de7/698877f25f570f7602b1f134/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # L.A. District Attorney Won't Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 6, 2016 10:30 PM CUT  Bill Cosby, accompanied by his attorneys Brian McMonagle and Monique Pressley, arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault in Elkins Park, Pa., on Dec. 30, 2015. Bill Cosby, accompanied by his attorneys Brian McMonagle and Monique Pressley, arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault in Elkins Park, Pa., on Dec. 30, 2015.Matt Rourke—AP by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 6, 2016 10:30 PM CUT The Los Angeles County District Attorney [declined to file charges Wednesday](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-prosecutors-won-t-charge-cosby-in-two-sexual-assault-cases-20160106-story.html "undefined") in two sexual assault accusations involving Bill Cosby. One case was dismissed due to lack of evidence and the other was well past California’s statute of limitations to file charges, the Los Angeles _Times_ reports. The former case was brought by Chole Goins who accused the comedian of assaulting her during a 2008 party at the Playboy Mansion when she was 18\. Goins alleges that Cosby gave her a drink that made her go to sleep and that she awoke to find Cosby biting her toes and her pants around her ankles. Cosby’s attorneys deny that he was even at the party and the District Attorney did not find enough evidence to warrant charges. The second case involved a woman who accused Cosby of raping her in 1965\. According to the _Times_, the legal deadline for prosecuting most rape cases involving an adult victim is 10 years under California law and prosecutors decided that the statute of limitations had expired in that case. Cosby was [charged in a 2004 sexual assault case](http://time.com/4164943/bill-cosby-lawyer-sexual-assault-politics/ "undefined") last week in Pennsylvania, where he posted bail and is awaiting trial. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/"},"headline":"L.A. District Attorney Won't Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases","datePublished":"2016-01-06T22:30:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:50:40.260Z","description":"The cases were dismissed due to lack of evidence and the statue of limitations","url":"https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/","keywords":["California","Crime","celebrity","Bill Cosby topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb10a27b1d58b1de7/698877f25f570f7602b1f134/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb10a27b1d58b1de7/698877f25f570f7602b1f134/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-charges.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bill Cosby, Monique Pressley, Brian McMonagle","caption":"Bill Cosby accompanied by his attorneys Brian McMonagle and Monique Pressley, arrive at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault, in Elkins Park, Pa. on Dec. 30, 2015.","creditText":"Matt Rourke—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4170312/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-los-angeles/","name":"L.A. District Attorney Won't Charge Bill Cosby in 2 Sexual Assault Cases"}}]}] ```