Cosby Deposition Can be Used Against Him

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual-assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors preparing for Cosby's sexual-assault trial hope to call 13 other accusers to try to show he drugged and molested women as part of a "signature" crime spree over five decades. The defense will attack their credibility and try again to have the case thrown out at a pretrial hearing starting Tuesday, Nov. 1, in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual-assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors preparing for Cosby's sexual-assault trial hope to call 13 other accusers to try to show he drugged and molested women as part of a "signature" crime spree over five decades. The defense will attack their credibility and try again to have the case thrown out at a pretrial hearing starting Tuesday, Nov. 1, in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual-assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Prosecutors preparing for Cosby’s sexual-assault trial hope to call 13 other accusers to try to show he drugged and molested women as part of a “signature” crime spree over five decades. The defense will attack their credibility and try again to have the case thrown out at a pretrial hearing starting Tuesday, Nov. 1, in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

A deposition in which Bill Cosby talks about giving pills to women for sex can be used against him at his criminal sexual abuse trial, a judge ruled Monday. The decision is a blow to Cosby, who has been fighting to stop a jury from hearing the testimony he gave in a civil suit more than a decade ago, and a victory for prosecutors, who are hoping to show a pattern of behavior by the comedian.

Cosby is charged with with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his Pennsylvania home in 2004 — the only criminal case stemming from dozens of claims of sexual misconduct that have surfaced in the last year and a half. He has denied any wrongdoing. At the time of the incident, prosecutors declined to charge Cosby. Constand sued him and won a settlement — after he was deposed about their encounter and his encounters with other women.

In the 2005-2006 deposition, Cosby talks about giving Constand three and a half Benadryl pills during her visit and then getting physical with her. “I don’t hear her say anything. And I don’t feel her say anything. And so I continue and go into the area that is somewhere permission and rejection. I am not stopped,” he said at one point.

He also talked about giving Quaaludes to women in the 1970s. “Quaaludes happen to be the drug that kids, young people were using to party with and there were times when I wanted to have them just in case,” he said.

Source:  AURN

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