What Newly-Unsealed Testimony Could Mean For Bill Cosby And His Accusers

The news comes on the heels of new revelation that Cosby, 77, had said during a deposition in 2005 “that he obtained the sedative Quaalude with the intent of giving the drug to women with whom he wanted to have sex”, as NPR’s Krishnadev Calamur reported Monday. He has never been charged with a crime, and the statute of limitations on most of the accusations has expired. And that when asked if the women knew about the ‘ludes, Cosby was told by his attorney not to answer.

If there is one surprise in this dense deposition dialogue-during which the plaintiff’s lawyer alleged Cosby’s lawyer “openly coached the witness”, “interrupted the questioning with long-winded and repetitive speaking objections”, and “ultimately improperly terminated the deposition”-it’s that quaaludes were mentioned a lot””.

Lawyers say his admission – in a 2005 deposition unsealed Monday – could help bolster defamation and emotional distress suits from other women accusing the veteran actor of assault.

Cosby: I meet (the accuser) in Las Vegas.

“I don’t like to talk about it much because he’s the reason I’m on this panel in the first place, he gave me my first job”, she said. “Whatever graduate school, we will pick up the tab”, Cosby said, recalling his thought process in a 2005 interview with Montgomery County authorities. In renewing its request, the AP this year cited local court rules requiring they be unsealed unless Cosby could show just cause.

And in 2009, discussing Roman Polanksi, the famed movie director who was accused of and also admitted to drugging a 13-year-old girl and having sex with her when he was 43 years old, Goldberg created the crystal-clear and important distinction between “rape” and “rape-rape”.

More than a decade later, Delana Wardlaw, who received the Camille and Bill Cosby Scholarship in Science in 1995, said the recent controversy surrounding the comedian had not diminished her appreciation for the role he played in her education.

Bill Cosby has lost one of his key celebrity supporters after bombshell court documents revealed he admitted under oath he used Quaaludes to drug women for sex. “I’m sorry the accusations (are) true”, she tweeted. So far, the comedian has survived criminal ramifications for what said, but at least one observer expresses astonishment that Cosby’s lawyers didn’t advise him to assert the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

But he avoided questions about who he gave drugs to and when, and whether he gave women drugs without their knowledge.

It doesn’t appear that “The Cosby Show” is airing regularly anywhere else now in the USA, said Bill Carroll, an expert on the syndication market for Katz Television. “And something called parenting said, ‘If you get caught with it, you’re going to embarrass your mother.’ “.

On ABC’s “The View“, Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday that she was still reserving judgment on Cosby, reiterating the stance she’s held since the allegations against him resurfaced last winter.

Best known as Dr Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show in 1984-92, the comedian is facing a number of allegations dating back to the 1970s.

The Bounce TV network, which is geared toward black viewers, said Tuesday that it was pulling its reruns of the 1990s-era CBS sitcom “Cosby” from the air immediately. Cosby is trying to get their case thrown out before discovery.

He served on Temple’s board of trustees from 1982 to 2014, when he resigned his seat in the face of unrelenting controversy.