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| Two of Bill Cosby's accusers join push to have entire deposition unsealed | Two of Bill Cosby's accusers join push to have entire deposition unsealed |
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| Two more of Bill Cosby’s accusers have joined a motion to have the whole of a deposition unsealed from a 2005 case in which the former comedian testified to having given a woman the sedative quaaludes before having sex with her. | Two more of Bill Cosby’s accusers have joined a motion to have the whole of a deposition unsealed from a 2005 case in which the former comedian testified to having given a woman the sedative quaaludes before having sex with her. |
| Related: Bill Cosby's defenders split after revelation comedian drugged women | Related: Bill Cosby's defenders split after revelation comedian drugged women |
| One of them has also attacked the National Enquirer for allegedly suppressing a 2005 interview with her in exchange for an exclusive from Cosby about his daughter’s drug use. | One of them has also attacked the National Enquirer for allegedly suppressing a 2005 interview with her in exchange for an exclusive from Cosby about his daughter’s drug use. |
| Beth Ferrier and Rebecca Lynn Neal were unidentified witnesses – known as “Jane Does” – in a 2005 case in which Cosby was sued by Andrea Constand, the first of more than two dozen women to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against the comedian. | Beth Ferrier and Rebecca Lynn Neal were unidentified witnesses – known as “Jane Does” – in a 2005 case in which Cosby was sued by Andrea Constand, the first of more than two dozen women to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against the comedian. |
| Last week a judge granted a motion by the Associated Press to unseal part of Cosby’s deposition. Constand has now been joined by Ferrier and Neal in a motion to have the rest of the deposition, which has so far been barred from public view, unsealed. | Last week a judge granted a motion by the Associated Press to unseal part of Cosby’s deposition. Constand has now been joined by Ferrier and Neal in a motion to have the rest of the deposition, which has so far been barred from public view, unsealed. |
| In a statement Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing both Ferrier and Neal, said she was concerned the partial testimony, “if believed”, would cause reputational damage to her clients. | In a statement Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing both Ferrier and Neal, said she was concerned the partial testimony, “if believed”, would cause reputational damage to her clients. |
| “After reading Mr Cosby’s statements in the deposition, I am surprised that he says that he doesn’t remember me,” said Neal in a statement on Monday. “I saw and spoke to Mr Cosby for weeks and weeks at the health club I worked at in Las Vegas. He played tennis there. He even called my mother’s home and talked to her and her sister that was visiting from Texas. | “After reading Mr Cosby’s statements in the deposition, I am surprised that he says that he doesn’t remember me,” said Neal in a statement on Monday. “I saw and spoke to Mr Cosby for weeks and weeks at the health club I worked at in Las Vegas. He played tennis there. He even called my mother’s home and talked to her and her sister that was visiting from Texas. |
| “I was at my sister’s home years later after he drugged and sexually assaulted me, and I told her what had happened to me,” Neal continued. “That was around 1986. Up until then, I hadn’t told anyone about what had happened to me. I was embarrassed by it all.” | “I was at my sister’s home years later after he drugged and sexually assaulted me, and I told her what had happened to me,” Neal continued. “That was around 1986. Up until then, I hadn’t told anyone about what had happened to me. I was embarrassed by it all.” |
| In her own statement, Ferrier said: “It is important for the world to know the truth about how Bill Cosby hunted me like a predator. | In her own statement, Ferrier said: “It is important for the world to know the truth about how Bill Cosby hunted me like a predator. |
| “My refusal of his constant advances fuelled his desire and eventual drugging rape ritual. In the recently released excerpts of his deposition, Bill Cosby admits that he was with me in Denver and that he ‘probably’ had sex with me.” | “My refusal of his constant advances fuelled his desire and eventual drugging rape ritual. In the recently released excerpts of his deposition, Bill Cosby admits that he was with me in Denver and that he ‘probably’ had sex with me.” |
| Both Ferrier and Neal have told their stories to the press since the Constand lawsuit. However, while it was known that Ferrier was one of the Jane Does in the case, it was not until Monday known that Neal also was one. | Both Ferrier and Neal have told their stories to the press since the Constand lawsuit. However, while it was known that Ferrier was one of the Jane Does in the case, it was not until Monday known that Neal also was one. |
| Allred told the Guardian that after Constand settled the suit, and the court proceedings were sealed, Ferrier tried to tell her story to the National Enquirer, which pulled the story after Cosby offered them an exclusive about his daughter’s drug use. | Allred told the Guardian that after Constand settled the suit, and the court proceedings were sealed, Ferrier tried to tell her story to the National Enquirer, which pulled the story after Cosby offered them an exclusive about his daughter’s drug use. |
| In her statement, Ferrier said she was speaking out not just against Cosby, but also against the Enquirer. | In her statement, Ferrier said she was speaking out not just against Cosby, but also against the Enquirer. |
| “I am extremely upset that Bill Cosby was able to quash my interview with the National Enquirer and that the National Enquirer suppressed my story, which if it had been published by them, would have shed light on Bill Cosby’s horrific conduct years earlier,” she said. | “I am extremely upset that Bill Cosby was able to quash my interview with the National Enquirer and that the National Enquirer suppressed my story, which if it had been published by them, would have shed light on Bill Cosby’s horrific conduct years earlier,” she said. |
| The owner of the National Enquirer, American Media, issued a statement in response to the allegations last week. | The owner of the National Enquirer, American Media, issued a statement in response to the allegations last week. |
| “The National Enquirer, more than any other publication, was unflinching in our aggressive coverage of allegations against Mr Cosby beginning in 2000 when everyone else avoided the story,” a spokesman told the Wrap. “We continue to remain aggressive in our reporting today and stand by the integrity of our coverage of this story which we have taken the lead on for more than a decade.” |