Another woman has come forward to tell her story publicly and accuse Bill Cosby of rape. She claims that she was assaulted in 1978 and was among the Jane Does listed in the 2005 lawsuit against the comedian.
Patricia, who is now 58, told BuzzFeed News that she had her encounter with Cosby in 1978, when she was 22. She says that she was invited to a party at Cosby’s home in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, but when she arrived, Cosby was the only person home.
She said that she was concerned at that point, but the environment made her feel better. Then, Cosby asked her to take a sip from a drink he mixed for her. He then asked her to act out his weird acting directions, pretending to be a queen with oatmeal on her face.
“It was so creepy,” Patricia told BuzzFeed. “He told me to convince him that I could remain regal and queenlike no matter what I looked like. I would leave the room and walk back in, pretending to be a queen with oatmeal on her face, and he would tell me I was doing it wrong and to go back and try again. Then, I started to feel weird from the drink. And then I don’t remember much.”
She blacked out, Patricia claims. She then woke up in Cosby’s bedroom in the nude. Cosby approached her, only wearing a bathrobe. He said he washed her dress after she threw up and offered her a toothbrush.
Patricia told BuzzFeed that she’s speaking out now because she wants the other Jane Does from the 2005 lawsuit to speak out. She is just the seventh of the 13 women who were listed as witnesses in that lawsuit. However, since Andrea Constand settled out of court with Cosby in 2006, they never got to speak on the record.
Patricia said that the last time she ever saw Cosby was in 1980 at a Dinah Shore Show taping. He asked her to look like Queen Noor of Jordan. After the show, he gave her pills to “relax her.” She work up naked with her hair in a mess. When she saw Cosby again to ask him about the incident, he was angry.
“I was very sick and knew that someone had penetrated me,” she said of that incident. “Finally, I realized what was happening.”
Even though over 20 women have accused Cosby of rape and assault, he is still touring and fighting the allegations in court. His attorney, Martin Singer has continued to deny the claims and has tried to discredit some.
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