A Santa Monica civil jury ruled in favor of plaintiff Judy Huth Tuesday. Huth sued Bill Cosby in 2014 for sexual battery, accusing him of assaulting her when she was a teenager in the 1970s. Huth was awarded $500,000 in damages, but no punitive damages by the 12-person jury. Cosby did not appear in court during the two-week trial, claiming his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. His team will likely file an appeal for this case, as an earlier conviction against Cosby was tossed out by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after he appealed. Cosby spent three years in prison on the overt…