More Women Come Out To Say That Bill Cosby Raped Them

 

 

The number of women who have come out to testify that Bill Cosby raped them has raisen. Therese Serignese, now 57 and a nurse in Boca Raton, has come forward to say the television icon raped her in 1976 when she was 19 years old following a show in Las Vegas. 

 

She said Bill Cosby gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually. Associated Press reported that she said she went backstage after the show and when the two were alone, Cosby gave her two pills and a glass of water, saying, "Take these."

 

My next memory is clearly feeling drugged, being without my clothes, standing up," she said. "Bill Cosby was behind me, having sex with me."

 

David Brokaw, Bill Crosby's spokesman did not respond when asked for a comment. Crosby's lawyer, in a statement released Sunday, discredited the testimonies calling them "decades-old, discredited allegations," stating that "the fact that they are being repeated does not make them true."

 

The stories of the women who Crosby allegedly raped sound shockingly similar. Here are some of them:

 

— Barbara Bowman, an aspiring actress, said in a Nov. 13 Washington Post column that she was 17 and blacked out after Cosby drugged her, waking up to find herself in panties and a man's T-shirt with the television icon looming over her. She said she was certain she was raped.

 

— Joan Tarshis on Monday said she was a 19-year-old who wanted to be a comedy writer when Cosby gave her a drink and forced her to perform oral sex on him.

 

— Janice Dickinson on Tuesday told "Entertainment Tonight" that Cosby had given her red wine and a pill when they were together in a Lake Tahoe, California, in a hotel room in 1982.

 

Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer, said in a letter to the AP that Dickinson's charges were "false and outlandish."

 

The 77-year-old television star's attempt at a career comeback has been collapsing in recent days as the abuse allegations resurfaced. Netflix said this week it was postponing a comedy special it had planned with Cosby to air later this month; NBC said it was stopping development of a sitcom with him and TV Land pulled reruns of "The Cosby Show" off the air. Also, High Point University in North Carolina has removed Cosby from its board of advisers, the High Point Enterprise reported.