causing trouble. with a hose tryin to get me to come home and i was a really rambunctious tomboy. and really. she was like having six kids. and i mean it. reporter: by high school she was a star basketball player. she used to score 30 points per game. reporter: 30 a game? just you? yes. my three point that was my thing. i was a great shooter. and so that was my weapon. reporter: that weapon took her to the university of arizona on a scholarship. then to italy, playing pro. in 2002, she got a job at temple university, in philadelphia, as the operations manager of the women s basketball team. early on, she met the legendary bill cosby. superstar, comedian, famous for playing a happily married dr. huxtable on the cosby show. cosby himself had been married for decades to camille. bill cosby was this giant presence at temple university, right, at the time? yes. he was a giant presence behind the scenes. he was a board member, a
in new york, after cosby s conviction. andrea agreed to tell us the story she told in court but ea speaking on camera wasn t easy.i andrea, this is your first television interview. why did you want to do this?er i think it s just an important time to to speak up and let people know who i am. reporter: she s an unlikely heroine. intensely private, humble. a massage therapist in her te hometown, toronto. she s devoted to healthy living, the outdoors and her dogs.to at 45 years old, she s calm, even serene. as a child she was anything but. you were runnin around in outside i was outdoors playing sports. if it wasn t my mother or father trying to find me, then it was my grandma running out with causing trouble. sr me with a hose tryin to get me to come home and i was a really rambunctious tomboy.mb and really. she was like having six kids. and i mean it.