A former Playboy model is suing bill cosby85, for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1969. Victoria Valentino80, filed a lawsuit on Thursday (June 1) in California against the actor and comedian associated Press.
Court documents reportedly claim Victoria was one of two victims in the incident – although the identity of the other woman remains unknown.
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Former model says Cosby drugged her at restaurant before assaulting her at home
In the suit, the 80-year-old described meeting Cosby at a Los Angeles cafe some 54 years ago. At the time, Valentino was reportedly grieving the drowning death of her 6-year-old son.
Bill Cosby, she says, approached her while she was crying and eventually offered to pay for spa treatments for Valentino and a friend. He later allegedly provided a chauffeured car that took the women to dinner at a steakhouse.
While eating, Valentino’s lawsuit says, Cosby offered both women an undisclosed pill, saying, “Take this … it’ll make you feel better, it’ll make us all feel better.”
The AP’s report didn’t specify, but it appears both women took the pills as offered. After dinner, Cosby reportedly took both women to his home. After entering the house, Valentino claims she passed out on a couch. When she woke up moments later, Cosby was allegedly sexually assaulting her friend.
He then moved on to Valentino, also assaulting him when he reportedly could not fight back due to the effects of the drug. Valentino says Cosby “engaged in forced sexual intercourse.”
It is not clear what happened after the alleged attacks or whether any of the women came in contact with Bill after the incident.
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Her lawsuit reportedly requests that Cosby undergo a jury trial for the attacks. Additionally, Victoria seeks “unspecified punitive damages”. AP,
Valentino is one of more than 50 women who have accused Bill of sexual crimes, including rape, sexual assault and harassment, since the start of the #MeToo movement.
He was arrested in 2015 and went through two trials—the first ending with a hung jury and the second leading to a guilty verdict on three counts of felony murder in 2019. He was sentenced to three to ten years in state prison.
Evidence used in both trials included a 2005 deposition where Cosby admitted to giving women drugs known as Qualudes. However, his lawyers later argued that he had made the statement in a civil case under a promise that he would not be criminally persecuted, per Vulture.
Then, in May 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the felony conviction because of that “non-prosecution agreement”. Today, Cosby remains a free man.
However, in June 2022, a jury found him liable in a civil sexual assault case brought forward by Judy Huth, who says Cosby sexually assaulted her in 1975 when she was 16. Judy was reportedly the first of Cosby’s accusers to be granted a civil trial.
It looks like Victoria may be aiming to become the second accused to get a jury trial. She is suing under California’s new law, which ignores the statute of limitations for sexual assault allegations.