Bill Cosby's lawyers are seeking to have his upcoming deposition sealed on the grounds that attorney Gloria Allred and her client are both using the case for publicity.

The legendary comedian is slated to be interrogated in a California courtroom on Oct. 9. The case alleges he drugged and sexually assaulted former Playboy bunny Judy Huth more than 40 years when she was just 15 years old.

"It was recently reported . . . that CBS Television is planning a new legal drama based on the life of Gloria Allred," attorneys for Cosby outlined in documents recently filed with the court, the Washington Post reports. "There would be nothing stopping Allred from turning Mr. Cosby's deposition transcript into a script for a future episode of her television series."

Filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court late last year, the case is the first to be heard by a judge since 2005, when Cosby faced similar claims made by former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. That civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.

In addition to branding Huth's accusations false, Cosby's attorneys also note that she previously tried to sell her story to the National Enquirer more than a decade ago.

"Huth and her attorneys simply wish to embarrass and harm Mr. Cosby and further publicize themselves," Martin Singer and Monique Pressley wrote in their petition for a protective order. "[Cosby] faces the prospect of his deposition testimony being spliced, edited, or otherwise arranged so as to maximize the sensational aspect of this litigation."

In all, more than 50 women have now accused "The Cosby Show" dad of drugging and sexually assaulting them over a period that spans more than four decades. In a recent New York magazine article, 35 of his alleged victims posed for a cover story photo and recounted all the horrors they allegedly suffered at his hands. Cosby, now 78 years old, has denied all the allegations and has never been criminally charged.

Often dressed in bright red from head to toe, 74-year-old Allred has made a career of taking on cases that promote women's rights. Over the years, her clients have included the likes of the family of Nicole Brown Simpson; two women named in association with the Tiger Woods sex scandals; and Charlotte Lewis, who accused filmmaker Roman Polanski of sexually assaulting her as a minor.