NEW: Bill Cosby is facing a new wave of civil lawsuits from women who have accused him of decades-old sexual misconduct, brought about by states passing laws that expand the window for sexual abuse accusers to take action.
, brought about by states passing laws that expand the window for sexual abuse accusers to take action.
All details shared by Valentino to NBC News about the alleged incident are also contained in the lawsuit. Bill Cosby accuser Victoria Valentino, left, and friend Lisa Talmadge at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Pennsylvania on Sept. 25, 2018.At dinner, Cosby offered her and her roommate a pill and said it would make them “all feel better,” Valentino said. She believes he faked taking his own pill and says he put a second one directly in her and her roommate’s mouths.
When Valentino stood up, she said she immediately felt her legs collapse beneath her and ended up kneeling in front of Cosby, who was on a loveseat. Cosby then orally and vaginally raped her, according to her retelling and her lawsuit. “Andrew Wyatt has tried to make it seem as though it’s about race, but it’s not about race,” she said. “[Cosby] was an equal opportunity rapist and probably the most prolific serial rapist of the 20th century. This is about rape, not race.”on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault in 2018 of drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004, but the case was overturned in 2021.
Similar legislation, referred to as look back windows, has passed in New York and New Jersey. Five women filed suit against Cosby inCosby was also found civilly liable last year of molesting Judy Huth at the Playboy Mansion in 1975, when she was just 16 years old, though his attorneys called her a liar.
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