Yet another woman has come forward to say comedian Bill Cosby drugged her. Supermodel Beverly Johnson revealed how she was allegedly violated by Cosby in a first person account published by Vanity Fair.
Johnson interacted with Cosby when she auditioned for a small role on The Cosby Show. It was Johnson’s prior experience as a supermodel that let her know something was wrong.
She wrote:
Cosby said he wanted to see how I handled various scenes, so he suggested that I pretend to be drunk. (When did a pregnant woman ever appear drunk on The Cosby Show? Probably never, but I went with it.)
As I readied myself to be the best drunk I could be, he offered me a cappuccino from the espresso machine. I told him I didn’t drink coffee that late in the afternoon because it made getting to sleep at night more difficult. He wouldn’t let it go. He insisted that his espresso machine was the best model on the market and promised I’d never tasted a cappuccino quite like this one.
It’s nuts, I know, but it felt oddly inappropriate arguing with Bill Cosby so I took a few sips of the coffee just to appease him.
Now let me explain this: I was a top model during the 70s, a period when drugs flowed at parties and photo shoots like bottled water at a health spa. I’d had my fun and experimented with my fair share of mood enhancers. I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I’d been drugged—and drugged good.
Johnson managed to get away without being assaulted, but the story has many face palm moments.
Coming forward was not an easy decision for Johnson. “As I wrestled with the idea of telling my story of the day Bill Cosby drugged me with the intention of doing God knows what, the faces of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and countless other brown and black men took residence in my mind,” she wrote.
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