According to reports, the once-beloved actor acquired the sedative quaaludes and gave it to to at least one woman and “other people.”
The sealed documents became public after the Associated Press went to court to push for the release of the deposition in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee. Cosby settled the lawsuit in 2006 under confidential terms.
The 77 year old’s sexual misconduct allegations first came to light after comedian Hannibal Burress called Cosby a rapist during a Philadelphia stand up in October 2014. Since then, more than two dozen women, including super model Beverly Johnson, all have came forward accusing Cosby of using drugs with the intent to rape.
Cosby and his lawyer tried to fight the AP’s effort to unseal the documents, siting the deposition could reveal the inner workings of his marriage, sex life and prescription drug use.
During the sworn testimony, Cosby said he acquired seven quaaludes in the 1970s. Constand’s lawyer asked if he kept the pills in the 90’s after they were banned.
“When you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?” Constand’s lawyer, Dolores M. Troiani asked.
“Yes,” Cosby answered.
Since the allegations, Cosby’s Netflix special has been canceled and he has since stepped down from Temple University’s Board of Trustees.
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