Cosby, who is serving time in a Pennsylvania prison for assaulting another woman in 2004, lashed out at AIG, saying the settlement — the terms of which were not disclosed — was “unauthorized.”
“AIG continues to act egregiously by settling these heinous claims without my knowledge and/or consent,” Cosby said in a statement that his publicist, Andrew Wyatt, said he took down over the phone Monday.
In early April, seven other women agreed to settle claims of defamation, which they brought against Cosby in federal court in Massachusetts after he accused them of falsely saying he had sexually assaulted them. AIG, as Cosby’s insurer, also settled those claims.
Cosby has said through his spokesman that he plans to continue pursuing counterclaims against the women, in the Goins case and the others.
In 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to bring criminal charges in the Goins case, saying possible misdemeanor charges were barred by the statute of limitations and that there was insufficient evidence to pursue more serious charges.
Cosby in his statement accused AIG of trying to “destroy” him and his family, and he urged other policyholders to “drop this pathetic insurance company quickly.” He said he had been a policyholder with AIG for more than 20 years.
Matthew Gallagher, a spokesman for AIG, declined to comment. As a matter of practice, insurance companies do not necessarily need a client’s permission to settle a case.
Last September, Cosby, 81, was sentenced to serve three to 10 years in prison after his conviction in April on three criminal counts of aggravated indecent assault.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.