A former actress who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 sued him on Thursday under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims.

In her lawsuit, Victoria Valentino, 80, says she was an actress and singer 54 years ago, when she met Cosby, now 85. The comedian and actor later approached her at a Los Angeles café, where he spotted her crying over the recent drowning death of her six-year-old son.