Bill Cosby Sex Assault Case Update: 3 More Women Accuse Comedian of Abuse, Describe Assault in Detail
A pair of actresses and a flight attendant are the latest to join the seemingly never-ending list of women alleging that Bill Cosby once sexually abused them.
According to Reuters, during an early Wednesday afternoon press conference, famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred introduced actresses Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer and Eden Tirl and airline worker Colleen Hughes as the latest of Cosby's alleged victims to go public with their accusations.
Both Hughes and Whitedeer claim Cosby sexually assaulted them in the early 1970s, while Tirl alleged that the legendary performer sexually harassed her on the set of "The Cosby Show" in 1989.
The women were speaking at a press conference hosted by celebrity attorney Allred, who represents 21 of the more than 40 women who have come forward in the past year accusing Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them.
Ridgeway Whitedeer insists Cosby forced her into performing oral sex in 1971 when she met him for an interview on a movie set, according to The Wrap. At the time, she said, she was an aspiring actress and had been married for a while to a television agent who also worked for the comedian.
"When Cosby was done, there was a horrible mess of semen all over my face, my clothes and in my hair. He took out a Kleenex to try to wipe off my face. I was bordering between vomiting and passing out. He was mumbling that I had been blessed with his semen as if it was holy water."
A former American Airlines flight attendant, Hughes recalls meeting Cosby on a flight in the early 1970s and being accompanied to her hotel room by him. At some point, the two shared champagne and she remembers losing consciousness for a few hours.
"My clothes were thrown all over the room and I felt semen on the small of my back and all over me," Hughes said during the press conference. "Bill obviously did not use a condom and there was no lunch and he was nowhere to be seen."
Tirl, a former model, alleges she was sexually harassed in her dressing room while guest-starring as a police officer on a "The Cosby Show" episode in 1989.
In all, Allred represents 21 of the more than 40 women who have accused Cosby, including former Playboy bunny Judy Huth, who claims the now 78-year-old Cosby drugged and sexually abused her more than four decades ago when she was just 15 years old.
Huth has sued Cosby and a L.A. criminal court judge recently ruled Cosby must submit to a deposition in the case to he handled by Allred before Oct. 9. During those proceedings, Allred has vowed to question the famed comedian in a "very vigorous" manner. To date, Cosby has not been criminally charged in connection with any of the cases and has maintained his innocence.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Tribune reports Northern Illinois University has become the latest institution to publicly seek to distance itself from Cosby. University officials moved to remove a poster of Cosby from the school's Convocation Center. Cosby was the Center's opening act 13 years ago.
University employees also said they plan to eliminate images of Cosby from future marketing materials. John Cheney, head of the university's facilities and event operations, said the school simply didn't wish to identify with Cosby any longer.
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