Bill Cosby Drops Suit Against Supermodel While Trying To Beat Prison

Bill Cosby is trying to get multiple lawsuits against him put on hold as he fights to avoid dying in prison! Insiders were surprised earlier this week when the disgraced comic suddenly dropped a countersuit that he'd filed against supermodel Beverly Johnson — whom he accused of defamation after she wrote a magazine article detailing her claims that Cosby had drugged her as part of an attempted rape!

Now legal eagles are following Cosby's new strategy of bringing in his lawyers to put other cases from various accusers on hold — as attorneys tell judges that the sick sitcom star has to focus on facing criminal counts of sexual assault in Pennsylvania!

Cosby (seen here in his mugshot) is facing a possible 10-years prison sentence over charges that he raped Andrea Constand in his Pennsylvania mansion in 2004. Attorneys for the former sitcom star are expected in L.A. Superior Court today to ask for their client to be giving a postponement of a deposition over charges made by Judy Huth — who claims Cosby molested her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.

Pitbull L.A. lawyer Christopher Tayback — known as "Son of Mel" — had failed in an earlier request for a postponement, but also had Judge Craig Karlan agreeing that it was possible for Cosby's deposition on the Huth lawsuit to be postponed later.

Cosby's lawyers also blamed the Pennsylvania case for the dismissal of his lawsuit against Beverly Johnson, saying: “The case has been voluntarily dismissed at this time due to the pendency of the criminal proceedings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, which impede Mr. Cosby’s ability to fully participate in litigating the civil case against Ms. Johnson" — but added that Cosby planned "to re-file the complaint...prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations.”