Bill Cosby was arrested and charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who considered Cosby a mentor.
In the complaint, which led to Cosby’s felony charges, Constand claims that Cosby invited her to his home, where the attack occurred, gave her drugs and sexually assaulted her.
Below are the key takeaways from Constand’s complaint.
1. Constand considered Cosby a mentor and was not interested in an affair with the comedian. “She never thought he would hit on her, especially since Cosby is much older than her father,” the criminal complaint said.
2. During there first dinner at his home, described as “intimate," nothing sexual happened. However, during a subsequent dinner Cosby allegedly unbuttoned her pants “out of the blue” and touched her. She leaned forward to stop him, the complaint read, he then left the room and she left his home.
3. Constand continued to be around Cosby, even attending events with him. On Jan. 15, 2004, Constand said Cosby gave her three blue pills after she told him she felt “drained” and “emotionally occupied,” the complaint read. He told her the pills would “make you feel good,” and “take the edge off.” Then he encouraged her to drink some wine.
4. Constand told investigators, she lost strength in her legs (they felt “like jelly” she told investigators) 20 or 30 minutes later.” Her vision was blurred she said, and she had difficulty speaking, was nauseous and dizzy.
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5. Cosby sat behind her, she said, and she felt him fondling her breasts and putting his hand down her pants.
6. She woke up at 4 a.m. with her sweater crumpled next to her and her bra pushed above her breasts, she said.
7. Constand told her mother what had happened a year later. She called Cosby who, she said, corroborated her daughter’s claims.
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8. Cosby called Constand’s mother back the next day and offered to pay for therapy and her daughter’s education.
9. Cosby offered to fly Constand and her mother to a hotel in Florida to “iron out” any problems they would have with him.
10. Constand sued Cosby in civil court in 2005, and received a settlement from Cosby.
11. A deposition from that civil suit included questions about the use of Quaaludes. Cosby’s answer to those questions (“… was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?” “Yes”) led to the charges being filed Wednesday
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