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People: Caitlyn Jenner settles suit by woman injured in deadly crash

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From wire reports

A woman injured in a fatal crash involving Caitlyn Jenner has settled her lawsuit against the reality TV star.

Los Angeles court records filed this month by Jenner’s lawyer show that Jessica Steindorff settled her case.

The court papers do not indicate terms of the settlement. Attorneys for both sides did not immediately return calls and messages seeking comment.

Steindorff had sought unspecified damages against the 66-year-old Jenner for the Feb. 7 crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. One woman was killed and several other people were injured.

Bill Cosby’s lawyer accuses prosecutor of playing politics

Bill Cosby’s lawyer charged on Thursday that the sexual assault case against the comedian was politically motivated, brought by a newly elected district attorney to make good on a campaign pledge.

“What we have is not the effectuation of justice. What we have is the fulfillment of a campaign promise,” Monique Pressley said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

Cosby, 78, was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 12 years ago in a case that could send America’s Dad to prison for up to a decade. He was released on $1 million bail.

He is accused of plying former Temple University employee Andrea Constand with wine and pills and then penetrating her with his fingers while she was unable to move or protest.

The decision to prosecute came just days before Pennsylvania’s 12-year statute of limitations for bringing charges was going to run out. It represents an about-face by the DA’s office, which under then-District Attorney Bruce Castor declined to charge Cosby in 2005 when Constand first went to police.

A key question if the Pennsylvania case goes to trial is whether the judge will allow testimony from some of those other accusers to show a pattern of “bad acts.” The judge could decide such testimony would be unfair to Cosby.