Accuser Asks for All Cosby Testimony to Be Made Public

Bill Cosby’s first accuser has asked a judge to release the comedian’s full deposition in her sex-assault lawsuit. She says Cosby, his lawyers and agents broke the confidentiality agreement that sealed the 2006 court settlement. Andrea Constand’s lawyer argued in a sanctions motion Wednesday that the entire deposition should be made public. That includes questions Cosby answered under oath about his use of quaaludes and other drugs, his alleged use of hush money to silence women, his deal to have an accuser’s story spiked and his alleged affairs with other women. The motion comes after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno unsealed excerpts from Cosby’s deposition this week in response to an Associated Press request. The judge concluded that the public had a right to see “the stark contrast” between Cosby the public moralist and the statements he made under oath about his lifestyle and conduct.
The excerpts show Cosby admitting that he obtained quaaludes in the 1970s so that he could give them to young women he pursued for extramarital sex.