The 35 women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault all share the cover of New York Magazine’s July 27th issue.
[FLASHBACK: Rumor Control: Raven-Symone Never Accused Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault… ]
The women all share personal details of being assaulted by Cosby in a story called, ?Cosby: The Women. An unwelcome sisterhood? and in case you were wondering, the one empty seat meant to symbolize the one woman who refuses to be named.
Audio excerpts of a several of the women’s stories have also been released by the magazine.
More details + photos &audio excerpts from the explosive story below…
When the magazine released details of the controversial cover story early this morning, the website’s traffic crashed the site.
NY Magazine alerted anxious readers that while the site was down, details of the story could be viewed via their Instagram account and they posted verbal statements from several of the accusers.
Louisa Moritz, 68, an actress, was allegedly assaulted by Bill Cosby in 1971. Moritz was getting ready to appear on the ‘Tonight Show’ when someone opened the door of her dressing room. ?He never knocked. I knew it was Mr. Cosby. I’d seen his picture. He walked in and closed the door behind him. It went on for maybe four minutes, five minutes. But it was the longest five minutes that I ever experienced. And when they called my name, he ran out. When he walked down the stage, he introduced himself as Louisa Moritz. And then a huge laugh. When they called me to go onstage, I was a zombie. He didn’t look at me while we were on the show. I didn’t look at him. I just felt him. I was afraid to tell anybody. I knew who Mr. Cosby was and that prevented me from telling anybody. I felt ashamed. I was embarrassed to be me.”
Victoria Valentino, 72, a former Playboy bunny, was allegedly assaulted by Bill Cosby in 1969. Valentino was dining with her roommate at their usual joint, Caf? Figaro, where Cosby happened to be part owner. He knew that Valentino?s 6-year-old son had recently died, and he told Valentino?s friend that he thought she could use some cheering up. “He took my roommate and me out to dinner. It was this new hip steak restaurant on the strip near the Whiskey a Go Go called Sneaky Pete?s. He was chatting her up and trying to charm her. And he reached across and put a pill next to my wine glass and said, ?Here, this will make you feel better,? and he gave her one. I wasn?t really thinking. I thought, Great, me feel better? You bet. So I took the pill and washed it down with some red wine. And then he reached across and put another pill in my mouth and gave her one. Just after I took the second pill, my face was, like, face-in-plate syndrome, and I just said, ?I wanna go home.? He said he would drive us home. We went up this elevator. I sat down, and lay my head back, just fighting nausea. I looked around and he was sitting next to my roommate on the loveseat with this very predatory look on his face. She was completely unconscious. I could hear the words in my head, but I couldn?t form words with my mouth, because I was so drugged out.”
Joyce Emmons, 70, was allegedly assaulted by Bill Cosby circa 1979. Emmons managed a comedy club and became friends with Cosby. They had known each other for about two-and-a-half years when Emmons and her friend went out to a club with Cosby and one of his friends. ?I had a terrible headache, and I said, ?Bill, do you have some Tylenol? I have a mother of a headache.? And he said to me, ?I have something stronger.? And I said, ?You know I don?t do drugs.? He said, ?You?re one of my best friends. Would I hurt you?? And I believed him. All I remember is taking the pill; I don?t remember going to bed. But I do remember waking up in a fog and opening my eyes, and I had no clothes on, and there was Bill?s friend totally naked in bed with me. I said, ?What the F did you give me?? He said, ?Oh, you had a bad headache, you were in so much pain. I gave you a quaalude.? I was hurt with Bill more than angry at his friend. Bill let him take advantage of me. That kills me. That?s why I know the stories of what he did to the other women are true, because if he didn?t have the respect for me, who was really a close friend, then he could do that to anybody he didn?t know very well.?
Barbara Bowman, 48, an artist and ambassador with PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment), was allegedly assaulted by Bill Cosby from 1985 to 1987. Bowman was a 17-year-old model and an aspiring actress when her agent introduced her to Bill Cosby in Denver in 1985. Cosby offered to mentor Bowman. The comedian flew her to celebrity events and performances across the country. He eventually moved her to New York City and then Long Island, while she took acting classes in the city. In New York, Cosby drugged and raped Bowman repeatedly; she didn?t realize for two years what was happening. “Since 2005, and especially in the last several months, I have changed a lot. I had no idea that we’d now be looking at almost 50 women who are in the same situation, who have stories, who are not being listened to. When I heard the news that Bill Cosby admitted in a deposition that he had gotten quaaludes and drugs to drug young women, it was like 28 years of silence went bye-bye. It’s about time that people sat up and listened. With all of the enablers and Cosby defenders in the world, I believe we have turned the page from one chapter to the next.”
Wow… this is all bad!