Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he obtained prescriptions of a powerful sedative with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with.
He gave the sedative to at least one woman and "other people," according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The 77-year-old's testimony was part of a civil suit involving a woman who accused him of drugging her and sexually assaulting her.
At one point, Cosby was asked by the woman's attorney about his use of prescriptions for the pills, known as Quaaludes.
"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?" lawyer Dolores M. Troiani asked.
"Yes," Cosby answered on Sept. 29, 2005.
After Cosby's admission, his attorneys attempted to argue to the judge that Cosby "misunderstood the question" and thought it only pertained to Theresa Serignese, who is one of the three women currently suing him for defamation in Massachusetts.
The documents revealed after a Pennsylvania judge agreed to open old court filings in a settled case brought by Andrea Constand.
Constand was the first woman to publicly come forward with allegations that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her.
Bill has settled that sexual abuse suit out of court for undisclosed terms in 2006.
Since the incident occurred almost ten years ago, dozens of women have come forward accusing the fallen comedian of forcing them in similar situations. Most of them believed that they were drugged as well.
Cosby, who has never been charged, denies the allegations, and is trying to get several court cases thrown out and dismissed.
Due to statute of limitations, Cosby has managed to avoid criminal prosecution for his alleged crimes. He has continued to perform stand-up routines at venues across the country.
Bill Cosby’s Philadelphia-based lawyers have yet to comment on the new information that has finally been made public.
