15th Woman Accuses Bill Cosby of Rape

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On Tuesday, the 15th woman to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault came forward. Former supermodel Janice Dickinson told Entertainment Tonight that Cosby raped her in 1982. She says he flew her to Lake Tahoe, saying he would help her by offering her a job and to help with her career.

The two went back to her hotel room, she said. "He'd given me wine and a pill." "The last thing I remember was Bill Cosby in a patchwork robe, dropping his robe and getting on top of me. And I remember a lot of pain." "I remember before I passed out I had been sexually assaulted by this man."

Buzzfeed wasn't able to get a comment from Cosby's rep about Dickinson's allegations. Sunday, the comedian's lawyer issued a statement in response to the recent tsunami of stories about accusations that read in part, "Decades-old discredited allegations against Mr Cosby have resurfaced. The fact that they are being repeated does not make them true."

Since then, former publicist Joan Tarshis has come forward to allege that Cosby raped her twice in 1969. In 2006, Cosby settled a lawsuit with a woman, Andrea Constand, who claimed that he had drugged and raped her in 2004. Thirteen women who said they had similar stories agreed to testify had the lawsuit gone to trial.

When NPR Radio's Scott Simon asked Cosby to address the accusations in an interview that aired Saturday, Cosby wouldn't say a word, but shook his head no. Cosby has recently canceled appearances on David Letterman and Queen Latifah, so SImon has been the only interviewer to get to ask Cosby himself the question.


A Netflix spox said late Tuesday night that "at this time we are postponing the launch of the new stand up comedy special Bill Cosby 77." The special was meant to go live on the streaming site on 28 November. So far, NBC is silent about the Cosby sitcom it's developing for 2015. (drip drip drip dooooom)