Louisa Moritz dead: Bill Cosby accuser and Happy Days actress dies aged 72
Bill Cosby accuser and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest actress Louise Moritz has died aged 72
The Mirror
By Frances Kindon
January 30, 2019
Bill Cosby accuser and Happy Days star Louisa Moritz has died aged 72.
The Hollywood actress - who starred alongside Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - died last week at her home in Los Angeles, her rep confirmed.
She died of natural causes related to her heart, according to The Blast, and had 'deteriorated' physically over recent years.
Louisa alleged she was sexually assaulted in 1971 by Bill Cosby - and filed a lawsuit for defamation against the comedian in 2015 - which will continue despite her passing, with her estate handling the legal proceedings, The Blast reports.
Cosby, 81, has strenuously denied allegations of rape and sexual assault brought against him by a number of women and at the time Cosby's lawyers told TMZ: "We've reached a point of absurdity. The stories are getting more ridiculous."
Moritz said that not only were the comments defamatory, but that Cosby's team also brought up irrelevant information about the star to smear her in the public eye - including that she became a lawyer and was then disciplined by the State Bar of California.
In 2014 she spoke about the alleged attack for the first time.
The actress told TMZ she was at the NBC studios in New York in 1971 for an appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and was waiting in the green room alone when Cosby knocked on the door. After saying he was impressed by her work: "[He] implied that he was going to see to it that I will become a major star through his direction."
Louisa played Rose in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and starred in Cheech and Chong's 1978 hit Up In Smoke.
MORITZ, Louisa
Born: 9/25/1946, Havana, Cuba
Died: 1/2?/2019, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Louisa Moritz’s western – actress:
The Oregon Trail - 1977