![]() ![]() It’s a victory for womanhood.”īernard claims Cosby drugged and raped her while she was a guest star on the final season of “The Cosby Show” in the early 1990s. ![]() “This is the victory not just for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, not just for the victim in the case, Andrea Constand, not just for the 62 of us publicly known survivors of Bill Cosby’s drugs-facilitated sexual crimes, but it’s also a victory for all sexual assault survivors, female and male. I feel like my faith in humanity is restored,” a weeping Bernard later said on the steps in front of the courthouse. ![]() Can you pinch me? I feel like I’m dreaming. In that stunning moment, she became the most visible face of Cosby’s more than 60 sex-assault accusers.Īnd on Thursday, her story - and those of the dozens of other women who came forward, many too late to pursue legal action - were finally vindicated as a jury found Cosby guilty of drugged, forced sexual assault against former Temple University staffer Andrea Constand.Īctress Lili Bernard collapsed in tears as the “guilty” verdict against Cosby was read, and had to be escorted out of the courtroom. “I remember, here was ‘America’s Dad’ on top of me, a happily married man on top of me with five children.”Īt the time, she was working for the biggest magazines and makeup brands in the business, and she knew they “would not appreciate the fact that I had been raped and gone to the police.”īut in court, some 35 years later, Dickinson faced slurs and character assaults once again - this time from Cosby’s lawyers, who derided her as “an aged-out model” who has “slept with every man on the planet.” It was gross,” Dickinson, 63, testified at Cosby’s sex assault trial. “I felt pain between my legs, vaginal pain. She was 27 and at the height of her fame when the superstar comedian gave her a pill that he said would help her menstrual cramps during dinner at a Lake Tahoe hotel.īut then, she says, he proceeded to force himself on her as she started to black out. In 1982, supermodel Janice Dickinson knew accusing Bill Cosby of rape could end her career. Kamau Bell: Bill Cosby defenders are 'prioritizing one man' over victims 'Cosby Show' star's hunky son makes screen debut in 'Uncoupled' Garcelle Beauvais on 'scary' decision to include Bill Cosby 'experience' in memoir Rosie O'Donnell: Whoopi Goldberg refused to talk about Bill Cosby on 'The View' ![]()
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