Things appear to be going from bad to worse for TV legend Bill Cosby.
The actor, comedian, and cultural commentator has been embroiled in a swirl of rape allegations, which though only hitting mainstream media know, actually date back to several years ago.
And while the 77-year-old has maintained innocence regarding the multitude of claims, they continue to file in.
Today being no different.
Former supermodel Janice Dickinson sat down with Entertainment Tonight to share shocking allegations of sexual assault she says was carried out on her by ‘The Cosby Show’ star.
Full story below…
The former ‘America’s Next Top Model’ panelist claimed that Cosby assaulted her in 1982.
Relaying an alleged encounter which saw Cosby “drug” her after promising to help better her career, Dickinson (who says she’s coming forward now because “it’s the right thing to do”) said:
“The next morning I woke up, and I wasn’t wearing my pajamas, and I remember before I passed out that I had been sexually assaulted by this man. Before I woke up in the morning, the last thing I remember was Bill Cosby in a patchwork robe, dropping his robe and getting on top of me. And I remember a lot of pain. The next morning I remember waking up with my pajamas off and there was semen in between my legs.”
Watch a clip from her interview below…
The 59-year-old claims she tried to write about the assault in her 2002 autobiography ‘No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World’s First Supermodel’, but alleges that when she submitted a draft with her full story to Harper Collins, Cosby and his lawyers pressured her and the publisher to remove the details. {Source}
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In the absence of indisputable facts, it’s incredibly important to exercise a high degree of caution when addressing the claims. What is certain, though, is that the entire episode is sad.