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| Bill Cosby: Timeline of major sexual assault accusations | Bill Cosby: Timeline of major sexual assault accusations |
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| December 30, 2015: Bill Cosby is charged with “aggravated indecent assault” over 2004 allegations that the plaintiff, Andrea Constand — a former employee at Pennsylvania’s Temple University — was drugged and sexually assaulted, Kevin Steele, First Assistant District Attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, told the press. | |
| Mr Cosby has, to date, not admitted to ever having had sex with an unconscious woman. | Mr Cosby has, to date, not admitted to ever having had sex with an unconscious woman. |
| December 23, 2015: Two more women, represented as many of the alleged victims by star US attorney Gloria Allred, accuse Mr Cosby of sexual assault. | December 23, 2015: Two more women, represented as many of the alleged victims by star US attorney Gloria Allred, accuse Mr Cosby of sexual assault. |
| A woman who identified herself only as Dottye said that Mr Cosby drugged and raped her during what she was led to believe was a private addition at his New York home for The Cosby Show. | A woman who identified herself only as Dottye said that Mr Cosby drugged and raped her during what she was led to believe was a private addition at his New York home for The Cosby Show. |
| The other woman, Donna Barrett, said she had been groped by Mr Cosby during a 2004 sporting event at the University of Pennsylvania. | The other woman, Donna Barrett, said she had been groped by Mr Cosby during a 2004 sporting event at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| By now, more than 50 women had brought allegations of sexual misconduct against the iconic television star. | By now, more than 50 women had brought allegations of sexual misconduct against the iconic television star. |
| December 22, 2015: Mr Cosby sues Beverly Johnson, who was a top model in the 1970s and 80s, for defamation over allegations he drugged her. | December 22, 2015: Mr Cosby sues Beverly Johnson, who was a top model in the 1970s and 80s, for defamation over allegations he drugged her. |
| October 11, 2015: Mr Cosby delivers testimony over a California lawsuit alleging that he assaulted Judy Huth, who was 15 in 1974 when the alleged misconduct occurred. | October 11, 2015: Mr Cosby delivers testimony over a California lawsuit alleging that he assaulted Judy Huth, who was 15 in 1974 when the alleged misconduct occurred. |
| September 30, 2015: Three women, including former Miss America Lisa Christie, accuse Mr Cosby of sexual assault and harassment. | September 30, 2015: Three women, including former Miss America Lisa Christie, accuse Mr Cosby of sexual assault and harassment. |
| July 26, 2015: New York Magazine cover features photos of 35 women who’ve accused Mr Cosby of sexual assault and describe how their claims were balked at in U.S. society. | July 26, 2015: New York Magazine cover features photos of 35 women who’ve accused Mr Cosby of sexual assault and describe how their claims were balked at in U.S. society. |
| July 8, 2015: Ms Constand asks that a Pennsylvania district court nullify a confidentiality agreement with Cosby over her 2005 case, saying that his comments in the press following accusations of assault violated their agreement. | July 8, 2015: Ms Constand asks that a Pennsylvania district court nullify a confidentiality agreement with Cosby over her 2005 case, saying that his comments in the press following accusations of assault violated their agreement. |
| November 13, 2014: Model Barbara Bowman pens an article for The Washington Post detailing her litigation against Mr Cosby for sexual assault. | November 13, 2014: Model Barbara Bowman pens an article for The Washington Post detailing her litigation against Mr Cosby for sexual assault. |
| July 15, 2015: US President Barack Obama says that he cannot revoke Mr Cosby’s 2002 Presidential Medal of Freedom, received under the administration of President Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush. | July 15, 2015: US President Barack Obama says that he cannot revoke Mr Cosby’s 2002 Presidential Medal of Freedom, received under the administration of President Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush. |
| But President Obama ways in on a mounting flurry of accusations: “If you give a woman, or a man for that matter, without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape,” he told the press. | But President Obama ways in on a mounting flurry of accusations: “If you give a woman, or a man for that matter, without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape,” he told the press. |
| May 20, 2015: Model Janice Dickinson sues Mr Cosby for defamation for refuting claims that he drugged and raped her in 1982. | May 20, 2015: Model Janice Dickinson sues Mr Cosby for defamation for refuting claims that he drugged and raped her in 1982. |
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| 2006: Ms Constand and Mr Cosby settle out of court. Both sign confidentiality agreements. | 2006: Ms Constand and Mr Cosby settle out of court. Both sign confidentiality agreements. |
| 2005: Ms Constand, an employee with Pennsylvania’s Temple University athletics, files a civil suit against Mr Cosby for drugging and sexually assault her in early 2004. | 2005: Ms Constand, an employee with Pennsylvania’s Temple University athletics, files a civil suit against Mr Cosby for drugging and sexually assault her in early 2004. |
| Mr Cosby admits he obtained quaaludes that he hoped to use to drug and have sex with women. | Mr Cosby admits he obtained quaaludes that he hoped to use to drug and have sex with women. |
| 2004: Ms Bowman files lawsuit against Mr Cosby for sexual assault. The case is settled out of court. | 2004: Ms Bowman files lawsuit against Mr Cosby for sexual assault. The case is settled out of court. |
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