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Partially made public in these Court Documents cosby is very careful with his words. But given that he denied everything for so many years, this is the first time were hearing him admit anything at all. A bombshell in the ongoing cosby Sexual Assault controversy. Shockingly revealed in his own words. The admission surfacing in newly unsealed Court Documents. The em battled comedian testifying under oath that in 2005 he had obtained seven prescriptions of quaaludes, a powerful hypnotic and sedative admitting his intent to drug young women he wanted to have sex with. His admission filed by a former Temple University employee that was settled in 2006. In the deposition obtained and made public by the associated press, the plaintiffs attorney questioning the new 77yearold cosby. Question 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 answering, yes. You gave them to other people . Yes. When the attorney goes on to ask him did you ever give any of those women without their knowledge, cosbys lawyer objects, telling him not to answer the question. The woman in that case accusing cosby of drugging and molesting her, giving her three blue pills. The documents also includes cosbys recollection of a 70s encounter with a woman in las vegas. She meets me backstage he says. I give her quaaludes. We then have sex. According to the newly released Court Documents cosbys lawyers insisting that two of the accusers were aware they were taking quaaludes from the comedian. Over the past 40 years more than 25 women have publicly alleged that cosby raped or assaulted them. It was very powerful. It came on very quickly. The room started to spin. At that point i knew he had drugged me. But cosby who recollects starhas long denied drugging and sexually molesting these women and has never been criminally charged. Barbara bowman one of cosbys accusers calls the revelations a game changer. I think were going to be heard now. And i think this is just the beginning. Now, cosby fought the release of these documents, saying that they would be embarrassing. His attorney isnt commenting this morning. But thoutroughout the deposition you can see they hint to the fact that quaaludes were popular, a Popular Party drug that was abused in the 70s. This is the first time were hearing any kind of his version of the story. Absolutely. And thats what makes it so fascinating. And we are now joined by two of the women who say they were drugged and raped, Sexual Assaulted or accosted by bill cosby. Barbara bowman and beverly johnson. And i want to start with barbara. She says she was drugged and raped by bill cosby when she was an aspiring actress in the 80s. And he was accusations that opened the flood gates to more than two dozen women coming forward. Nice to see you. Tell us what happened and what your thoughts were last night when these revelations came to light. It was a glorious moment. It made my heart skip a beat. I bet, barbara. Because all along you have been saying that this happened to you. Many people have not believed you and bill cosby has never let on that anything happened to you. And yet you always maintained that he drugged you. Does this answer some questions for you . Well, it doesnt answer my questions for me, because i was im very very positive and snow exactly what happened to me. But youre right. I have been working so hard to get this story out, to be heard. At least since 2005 that became you know the time of my life when i said i will not sit in silence anymore. And my whole objective back then was just to support Andrea Constand back then. When i heard her story, i couldnt believe it. I said i believe her because it happened to me. So for the next ten years i was screaming my story. And unfortunately youre right, i was not heard. No one was listening to us. So it was quite a moment to say finally, finally somebody is listening. And now everyone is listening and knows the truth. Not only is somebody listening. Somebody is talking. And that person is bill cosby. And admitting it. And admitting it. Thats right. These revelations, these documents came out in the Andrea Constand case in which you were a jane doe and you came forward to support Andrea Constand in her allegations of Sexual Assault. He admits he got seven pripg prescriptions from doctors for quaaludes. He had hundreds of quaaludes. He also talked about why he settled in 2005 with Andrea Constand instead of going to court if he were innocent and letting this all be aired in public he settled for some undisclosed amount of money. He says that the reason he settled was because it would have been embarrassing in those days to put all of those women on the stand. And his family had no clue. And it would have been very hurtful to the women and his family including you. He didnt want to embarrass you back then. His lawyers just released that Statement Last night. Whats your response . Well if he was embarrassed then i think he better get ready, because its going top a much worse situation now. I would like to know where and how he got all those quaaludes. Barbara, i know you said last night when you first heard the news this is a game changer. What do you think really happens now since the statute of limitations has passed . I think this is just the opening of pandoras box. The issue of statute of limitations is only a small part of this big scenario. I cant imagine that as these last few months have unfolded and how quickly everything has happened that he hasnt gone through some moments of knowing that its just a matter of time and having some anxiety over that fact. Its hard to say really whats ahead. But whatever is coming its coming fast and furious. Barbara, nice to see you. Were happy this has brought you some measure of relief this morning. Yes, it certainly has. Were happy to hear that. We will check back in with you as this progressed. We want to bring in beverly johnson. She says cosby drugged her but he was able to fight him off. Good morning, beverly. Nice to see you. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Tell us what your thoughts were when you heard that bill cosby himself had admitted to getting drugs in order to have sex with women in these Court Documents. Well, i wasnt surprised. I think that its an opportunity to have because women are expected to be voiceless. And i think its an opportunity for women to use their voice. And thats why im here in this interview. And hopefully this will send a message to women out there to use their voice and to speak up. Because it took many of you who accused bill cosby many years, some decades, to come forward. But then this fall there was a ground swell. And all of you getting strength from each other came forward and finally told your stories. And now to hear in 2005 he admitted in these Court Documents let me read you a portion of it. It says when you got the quaaludes because he admitted to getting seven prescriptions of quaaludes was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with . Bill cosby answers, yes. You say he drugged you, but you didnt exactly know what happened what drug he used. You had a cup of coffee so you didnt understand why you suddenly felt so incapacitated. Does this answer a question for you . I knew i had been drugged. What drug it was really didnt matter. It was i passed out. I think conversation is about trying to have a cosby chapter, this encounter that i had with cosby, in my memoir and it didnt pass legal. And it wasnt until barbara bow men en came out and i had a chance to tell my story that they said okay we want the chapter. I think its a time for healing that the healing can begin. And also forgiveness. But also a message of women using their voice when its necessary. And you know whats interesting, beverly, is when you came forward and Barbara Bowman this past fall there were so many people that didnt believe you. In fact there was some backlash on social media of people saying you all were lying and why are you coming forward now and people just wanted money out of bill cosby. And yet there were some high profile people, actors and actresses, who didnt necessarily believe bill cosby could do this. One of them was singer jill scott. She was vocal on twitter saying she didnt believe it. Let me read you her twitter. At that time when people were suggesting this she wrote back you know bill cosby . I do child and this is insane. Proof meaning she wanted proof, period. I think it will be interesting to hear what she tweeted last night. She said about bill cosby, sadly his own testimony offers proof of terrible deeds, which is all i have ever required to believe the accusation. Is it heartening for you that people now seem to believe what happened . Well i have a lot of respect for jill scott. Because it takes a big person to admit that they were wrong. And here is a woman using her voice to right a wrong. And thats what the other women and the women that have been victimized and myself thats all we wanted to do was to use our voice to say what happened to us. And thats what youre doing this morning, beverly. Thats exactly what im doing this morning. Thank you. Thank you for coming on and sharing this latest chapter in this ordeal. Beverly is the author of a new memoir the face that changed it all to share what happened between her and bill cosby. You can find us at facebook. Com newday. It is interesting to see how this story is coming to turn now as you actually hear somethng from bill cosby about the allegations. And how relieved all the women we have spoken to this morning feel. There is some measure of closure from hearing the truth from someone. Validation right . Because theyve heard so many people so many critics have said oh these are angry people trying to get money. Whatever. And to feel like a victim and be further victimized by critics like that is very difficult. Everything about these women that have come forward has been tested. So the man who confessed to shooting a woman on a San Francisco pier is expected in court today. Francisco sanchez. Cnns dan simons is live in San Francisco with the very latest. What do we know dan . Reporter hi chris. Trying to quell this national uproar uproar the mayor of San Francisco says Everyone Needs to reexamine their policies. San franciscos sanctuary policy is not meant to protect dangerous felons. Undocumented immigrant Francisco Sanchez awaits his arraignment today in San Francisco. As loved ones mourn the loss of 31yearold kate steinle. He shot and killed kate on this popular San Francisco pier nearly a week ago. Said waskate was an amazing soul. Sanchez had been deported five times to mexico. I believe that they need to catch up. The Sheriffs Department declined to notify immigrations and Customs Officials when sanchez was released from jail back in april because San Francisco is a socalled sanctuary city. Generally speaking the city wont hand over undocumented nonviolent immigrants without a court order. We need a court order. The California Attorney general saying immigration policy quote, should not be informed by our collective outrage about one mans conduct. Theyre bringing crime. But republican president ial hopeful donald trump is not backing down. Now saying it was, quote, the Mexican Government who forced sanchez back into the u. S. Because they didnt want him in mexico. New this morning, for a second time in less than a month negotiators will not meet a selfimposed deadline to reach Nuclear Agreement with iran. What can you tell us nick . Reporter well we just heard from the European Union Foreign Policy chief here. She described it as touching the most difficult, sensitive issues. She says thats painful, but that pain is necessary at this stage of the talks. She described these as being political issues. She also said that the talks arent going to meet the deadline. Theyre going to continue, is what she said. We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. And we are interpreting in a flexible way our deadline. Reporter what she didnt say was one of the really tough stumbling block issues one of them is that iran wants a weapons ban in place by u. S. Sanctions five years ago it wants that lifted and wont sign any broader Nuclear Deal Even though the weapons ban is not part of the nuclear issue, they say they wont sign that broader deal unless this u. N. Security Council Resolution is lifted. This day clearly melting into the coming couple of days at least for these talks. It sure looks like it. Meanwhile, president obama making it clear that the battle to defeat isis will be long. He says u. S. Trained troops are making tremendous gains across iraq and syria. But that news tempered by news that isis has captured a key syrian town. Reporter that battlefield fluid to say the least as many of these towns continue to exchange hand between isis and the governments on the ground. Now, there have been a number of us air strikes around syria, very important as air strikes have picked new this region. This is the selfdeclared capital of isis an area thats been very difficult for the u. S. War planes to get into. President obama getting a full update on the isis campaign. When he came out and talked to reporters after the briefing with his top commanders he spoke about this very issue of what is happening in syria. Were intensifying our efforts against isils base in syria. Our air strikes will continue to target the oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. Reporter so why raqqa, why now . Kurdish fighters on the ground their front line now is about 50 miles north of raqqa as they pressure against the city the u. S. Strikes have blown up a number of bridges, potential isis escape routes isis targets in the city. The u. S. Now looking to see if isis takes the next step and begins to move around its troops its commanders its weapons. If isis tries to get out of raqqa raqqa, the u. S. Hopes it may been able to find them and strike them again. San francisco is a sanctuary city. Is that a reason or is that the reason that a young woman is dead . Were going to ask a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus if this is about a failure of the administration. You know i never get tired of my job, but like you i think about my retirement years, and like you i wonder have we done enough to plan for them. A reverse mortgage is a Great Program that could help you live a better retirement. Its a mortgage, with no monthly payment. It could give you extra money to live on, or save. 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Sanctuary cities is one way that local governments keep ice away from them so they dont have to hold people forever. Then this happens. Is this about a failure of the administration . No. I think it speaks to a larger problem, which is a broken immigration system. Chris, what happened in San Francisco is a real tragedy. I think everybody who hears that story is absolutely heart broken. Theres no question that man should not have been on the street. Its a failure of not only the immigration system but also the american Justice System someone that had seven felonies on his record and was still walking the street. Theres not been even an immigration advocate who argues that someone with seven felonyies should be walking the streets. We ought to remove hardened criminals like this man first. You can dismiss donald trump as more heat than light on these issues. But he does tap into a common sentiment when he says see, this is what happens when you dont secure the border you get guys like this who should never be in the country. Our immigration system doesnt work. There are a ton of people like this. Immigration is a thorny issue and theres a lot of emotion on every side. And there are folks who whole heartedly agree with donald trump. But hes sensationalizing and politicizing this womans death. And to lay this at the feet of every single immigrant from mexico and latin america. And thats absolutely wrong. Just as there was a sanchez, there were folks who went and died in the iraq war and afghanistan who were undocumented. There are folks who were valedictorians of their class paid taxes and cared for their families who have also been deported because of ice. I understand the concern and the emotion because of this case. And i think San Francisco should work to improve their policies. But its also not an excuse for the kind of stereo trying and blame and the dragnet that existed under some of the

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