Bill Cosby files counter suit against Judy Huth

Veteran Actor , Bill Cosby, 77 has filed a counter suit against the woman, Judy Huth, 55 who says he sexually abused her acusing her of trying to extort him in exchange for dropping legal action.

In the court papers, Cosby says Miss Huth's lawyer approached his attorney Marty Singer last month and made 'ominous references to criminal penalties.'

The lawyer, Cosby claims, demanded cash($100,000) in return for silence - upping the demands to $250,000 as more women came forward. 

Separately, Cosby's lawyer sought to undermine a key part of Huth's legal claim: under California law she had to prove that she had only become consciously aware of the alleged sex abuse within the last three years.

Cosby alleges that Miss Huth tried to sell the story to the media 10 years ago, but no-one would publish her claims.

The court papers state:  'Approximately 10 years ago, plaintiff Judith Huff unsuccessfully tried to get money from a tabloid by selling the same story about Bill Cosby that is the subject of this lawsuit. 

'Knowing that since she disclosed her allegations to a media outlet 10 years ago, she cannot claim to have a repressed memory.'