Bill Cosby has been hit with a new sexual assault lawsuit by former Playmate model Victoria Valentino.
California temporarily extended its statute of limitations in sexual assault cases with the passage of Assembly Bill 2777. She first made the claims back in 2014.
Now 80, Valentino claims she was drugged and raped Cosby after they ran into each other at a Los Angeles restaurant in 1969. She says the actor spotted her crying over the death of her 6-year-old son and gave her a pill.
“Here! Take this! It will make you feel better. It will make us all feel better,” he alleges he said. She says she became incapacitated and that she “engaged in forced sexual intercourse” with Cosby.
“The trauma he inflicted upon me affects not only me, but my children and grandchildren,” she said. “By breaking my silence and speaking my truth, I hope this serves as my legacy to my family, and shows those survivors who have yet to find their voices, that hope and healing are possible.”
Andrew Wyatt, a spokesperson for Cosby, slammed the lawsuit.
“Victoria Valentino has skirted from town to town promoting her alleged allegations against Mr. Cosby to anyone that would give her platform, without any proof or facts,” the statement reads. “It’s unfortunate that media has not vetted the inconsistencies in her many statements. What graveyard can Mr. Cosby visit, in order to dig up potential witnesses to testify on his behalf? America is continuing to see that this a formula to make sure that no more Black Men in America accumulate the American Dream that was secured by Mr. Cosby.”
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