Bill Cosby Latest News: More Sordid Details Surface in New Deposition of Accused Sexual Predator

By Cheri Cheng - 20 Jul '15 16:13PM
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Bill Cosby's character continues to degrade as more information into his past gets revealed.

The New York Times published a story Saturday night about a lawsuit filed against Cosby by a woman named Andrea Constand, who accused him of drugging and sexually molesting her. In the article, the Times cited a full deposition, which was taken 10 years ago. Even though Cosby denied being a sexual predator, he did reveal a lot about his character.

During the four days of questioning, which was headed by Constand's lawyer, Dolores M. Troiani, Cosby denied molesting Constand. He did, however, admit to using powerful sedatives while pursuing women for sex. He also revealed how he kept all of his affairs from his wife, Camille.

In regards to Constand, specifically, Cosby stated that their sex was consensual.

He said, "I walk her out. She does not look angry. She does not say to me, don't ever do that again. She doesn't walk out with an attitude of a huff, because I think that I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever you want to call them."

During the deposition, Cosby was asked about Beth Ferrier, an acquaintance that had accused him of drugging and assaulting her in the mid-1980s. According to Ferrier, she met up with Cosby in Denver where she drank a cup of coffee that he made for her. After the coffee, Ferrier remembered feeling dizzy. She then woke up with her bra undone.

"We had sex and we had dinners and sex and rendezvous," Cosby said about Ferrier. "Rendezvous is when you call somebody and say, do you want to be at such and such and they say yes and you go there."

After the foggy incident, Ferrier and Cosby engaged in a consensual on-and-off affair. Cosby claimed that the fling ended because he was moving on.

The deposition also revealed that in the 1970s, over two to three years, Cosby had received seven prescriptions for Quaalude (methaqualone), which is a depressant that acts as a sedative and hypnotic. The comedian stated that the doctor who prescribed him the Quaaludes knew that he would not be using them for back pain. Instead, Cosby said he would give them to certain people at parties or in other situations.

"Quaaludes happen to be the drug that kids, young people were using to party with and there were times when I wanted to have them just in case," he said.

Therese Serignese told PEOPLE that when she was 19, Cosby invited her backstage and offered for Quaaludes. She said she "felt powerless" and "just obeyed." Serignese stated that he raped her after the drug had kicked in.

Cosby also talked about how he would lie to his wife in order to keep her in the dark. He explained that when he gave money to Constand, he told his wife that he was giving money to someone who needed help.

Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents a Cosby accuser, said "Cosby's testimony demonstrates how deceptive, manipulative and disgusting (he is). It is no wonder that he fought to keep this deposition, which reveals his revolting predatory conduct, hidden from public view. But the truth is out now and it will never be hidden again."

Cosby has been accused of drugging and molesting dozens of women over the years. He has not been charged with a crime because in the majority of the cases, the statue of limitations has expired. There is one case that dates back in 2008 that is still under investigation in Los Angeles.

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