After many accusation Bill Cosby finally admitted that in 2005 a deposition was obtained called Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have s$$x with and admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman.
The Associated Press went to court to compel the release of the documents, and they were made public Monday.
Bill Cosby's lawyers had objected on the grounds that it would embarrass their client.
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The 77-year-old comedian was testifying under oath in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee Andrea Constand and admitted he gave her three half-pills of Benadryl.
The lawsuit accused Cosby of drugging and s$$xually assaulting the woman at Cosby's home. Cosby's lawyer argued that his client's deposition could reveal details of Cosby's marriage, s$$x life and prescription drug use.
Constand, the former director of operations for Temple's women's basketball team and a one time college basketball star herself, launched the legal suit against Cosby, a man she called her 'mentor', in March 2005.
Now 42, said she first met Cosby, a Temple alum, in November 2002 and the pair became friends and she was a frequent guest at dinner parties at his home.
She claimed however that after arriving at Cosby's house on an evening in January 2004, the comic legend gave her three blue pills when she said she was stressed over work, which he described as 'herbal medication' to help her relax.
Then, the suit states, her 'knees began to shake, her limbs felt immobile, she felt dizzy and weak, and she began to feel only barely conscious.'
Cosby then gave her another drug, she said, and led her to the sofa, where she says she was s$$xually molested.
'When Plaintiff awoke, her clothes and undergarments were in disarray,' the suit said.Constand later returned to her native Canada, where she reported the incident to police in January 2005. Authorities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, followed up with an investigation, but in February 2005, they declined to press criminal charges due to a lack of evidence.
Cosby settled that s$$xual-abuse lawsuit for undisclosed terms in 2006.
After the lawsuit became public on Monday Constand tweeted out 'YES!' followed soon after by 'SIR!
The woman who Cosby admits giving Quaaludes to meanwhile is an unnamed Jane Doe who he met in Las Vegas in 1976.
Cosby said under oath; 'I met Ms (Redacted) in Las Vegas. She meets me back stage. I give her Quaaludes. We then have s$$x.'
It is similar to allegations made last year by Therese Serignese (nee Picking), who claimed she met Cosby at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1976 and was invited to spend time with him after his show.
She then alleged he gave her two Quaaludes.
'I took them, didn't know what they were didn't even ask. I just was intimidated I guess and I took them,' Serignese told WPTV in an interview last year.
'Then my next memory is feeling drugged and him having s$$x with me.'
Despite this, she ended up staying with Cosby, living in his penthouse for weeks, but eventually she moved out and later married.
She did however take up Cosby on his promise to pay her $500 if she went to school and earned good grades.
After attending nursing school, and doing well, she got word to go down to Western Union.
In the end, she got $10,000 from Cosby.
The court filing also claimed multiple people told 'the police and others' that Cosby used a modeling agency to 'supply' himself with young women.
'Several people have given statements to the police and others that Defendant used a modeling agency in Denver to supply him with young women, many of whom claim to have been victimized by Defendant,' wrote Troiani.
The papers also get into what individuals at William Morris Agency, who represented Cosby at the time, may have known about his alleged actions.
'Defendant admitted that in his initial conversation with [Constand] and her mother, he asked them what they wanted and they said they only wanted an apology and to know the name of the drug Defendant had given to Plaintiff,' wrote Troiani.
'He testified that some time after that call, he decided to call Plaintiffs mother to offer Plaintiff funds for “education” and to ask them to meet him in Florida. He then had a representative of the William Morris agency call Plaintiff.'
Cosby also said that he called his agent Tom Illus at one point and asked him to send money to a female accuser.
This is again similar to the story told by Serignese, who said Cosby's agent sent her money and even showed a letter from Illius during her interview last year.
Cosby also said under oath that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview to kill a story they did with his ex Beth Ferrier, who accused him of slipping pills in her drink when she went to visit him in his dressing room in Denver in the 1980s.
Most of the deposition involved arguments between Constand's attorney Dolores Troiani and Patrick O'Connor, who was representing the comedian and who the plantiff's lawyer felt was coaching his witness.
O'Connor also objected to almost every question asked by Troiani, telling Cosby not to respond or answer.
The deposition eventually ended after Troiani grew fed up with not getting any answers from Cosby, and filed a motion with the court requesting that they order Cosby to fully testify and hold a new deposition.
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