Comedian Bill Cosby has previously admitted to drugging young women with whom he wanted to have sex, according to court documents obtained overnight by the Associated Press.
Cosby was testifying in a 2005 lawsuit, filed by a former employee of Temple University; he admitted that he gave her “three half-pills” of the drowsy antihistamine Benadryl.
In sworn testimony, he also admitted to giving the sedatives known as Quaaludes to “at least one woman” with the intent of having sex.
The AP went to court to fight for the release of the documents. Cosby’s lawyers reportedly objected, on the grounds that the testimony contained would “embarrass their client” (no shit, guys).
Hollywood Reporter have run sections of a transcript from the documents:
In a deposition on September 29, 2005, the comedian was asked, “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?”“Yes,” responded Cosby.
The 77-year-old Cosby has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women, but has never faced criminal charges, as most incidents stretch back decades and fall outside the statute of limitations.
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via Associated Press
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