Two former models added their voices Thursday to the growing chorus of women accusing comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct.
Linda Brown said she was 21 years old when she met Cosby after one of his performances in 1969. He convinced her to come to his hotel room, where he gave her a soft drink.
“So I took a sip and blacked out,” Brown said at the office of her attorney, Gloria Allred. “But when I awakened, I was naked in the bed beside him.”
She said Cosby sexually assaulted her.
“As a result, I find it very hard to trust men,” she said through tears.
Cosby’s attorney, Martin Singer, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing by the comedian. Dozens of women have come forward with similar stories alleging they were drugged and assaulted by Cosby.
Another woman, Lise-Lotte Lublin, said she met Cosby in his suite at the Las Vegas Hilton when she was 23. She said she had met him before, but this time he gave her a pair of alcoholic beverages that left her feeling disoriented. She said she recalls Cosby “petting” her hair, but her memories were fuzzy after that.
“My next memory was waking up at home, and for me it felt like several days had passed by,” she said.
She said her car was in the driveway.
“Bill Cosby appears to think that rape is a joke,” Lublin said. “Well let me tell you something, Bill. I’m not laughing.”
— City News Service