say, listen, the reason we re here many first place is because cosby, who has a right to not say a word, against self-incrimination, fifth amendment right. he had the right to do that, but you told him, common swealth, h would not be prosecuted. base upon that he sat for four depositions. in doing so he talked about benadryl, quaaludes, other things. we wouldn t be in that position but for him having waived that right. to the extent that you really compelled him to testify and said, never mind. we re going to prosecute you any way, that that s unfair. look, that s the process that we have. that s the procedure that we have and you could like or love or hate or fall anywhere in between, but this court has opined at tend of the day he will be barred from further prosecution and to the extent he made statements he was not otherwise obligated to make. you know what, they got it wrong and as a result of that, he will
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welcome back to dateline. a year after andrea constand said she was sexually attacked by bill cosby, she sued in civil court. during the deposition she looked him in the eye as he admitted on the record to giving her pills that night. he also admitted acquiring prescriptions for quaaludes specifically for young women he wanted to have sex with. constand received $3.8 million in the settlement. while the result was satisfying, she still could not get what she d always wanted, acknowledgement that what bill cosby did was criminal. now, over a decade later, had the day she been waiting for finally arrived? reporter: in june 2017, bill cosby went on trial in a courthouse outside philadelphia for sexually assaulting andrea
the advice of his own lawyers and freely offering crucial details. he admitted he had given andrea three blue pills, three round, blue pills that were friends. reporter: and there was more. dolores specifically asked him about quaaludes, a prescription sedative popular in the 70 s when you got the quaaludes was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with? cosby answered yes. and he never takes them himself. he said he had seven prescriptions of quaaludes for young women to have sex with. reporter: in november 2006, cosby settled the lawsuit and admitted no wrongdoing. andrea signed a non-disclosure agreement, and cosby paid her $3.38 million. the depositions sealed from the public. now what was it you wanted to say? reporter: and while a few other women made accusations against the comedian, the story essentially died out. until 2014, eight years later, when another comedian took the
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