Lawyers for Bill Cosby's wife are challenging a judge's decision allowing her to be questioned under oath in a Massachusetts defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who allege Cosby sexually abused them decades ago.

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 02: Comedian Bill Cosby and wife Camille O. Cosby walk backstage during the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on March 2, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for NAACP)
Bill Cosby and wife Camille O. Cosby at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards on March 2, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for NAACP)
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Last month, Magistrate Judge David Hennessy refused to quash a subpoena from lawyers who want to depose Camille Cosby. Hennessy found that a marital disqualification rule in Massachusetts doesn't apply to deposition testimony.

In an appeal filed Thursday, Camille Cosby's lawyers argued that the rule prohibits a spouse from testifying about private marital conversations in any court proceeding, including depositions.

The women suing Cosby for defamation are among approximately 50 who have gone public over the last year with sexual misconduct allegations. He has denied the allegations and filed a countersuit suit against the women.

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