Arrest warrant issued for Bill Cosby in alleged 2004 sexual assault


An arrest warrant has been issued for comedian and entertainer Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand. 

The alleged assault took place back in 2004, at his Elkins Park, Pennsylvania mansion.

According to reports, though Constand wasn’t available for comment, her attorney, Dolores Troiani, expressed gratitude toward the prosecutor.

Constand, now 42, works as a massage therapist in Ontario, Canada.

Cosby has always claimed that the encounter with Constand was consensual. But in new court filings from this past summer, Constand said she was in a relationship with a woman at the time and called Cosby a narcissist who missed cues that she’s gay.

The warrant for the arrest comes just two weeks after Cosby filed defamation suits against several of his accusers, including Beverly Johnson.

Last summer, amid mounting allegations from more than 50 women, the Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman reopened Constand’s case, sending detectives to Canada to interview her.

New interest for the case surfaced after during the race for Montgomery County’s district attorney. The Democratic opponent ran a television ad criticizing his opponent, Bruce L. Castor, for not prosecuting Cosby when he was the district attorney in 2005.

Constand didn’t appreciate her name and her alleged rape being used for political gain and filed a defamation suit against Castor for making her “collateral damage for his political ambitions.”

Back in 2004, Constand was the operations manager of Temple University’s women’s basketball team she met Cosby in 2002, a year after she’d started working there. 

The suit said that “over time she considered him to be both her friend, albeit older, and a mentor.”

The two spoke over the phone about Temple women’s basketball team, she was a guest at his dinner parties and other events he hosted.

In January 2004, Cosby invited Constand to his home around 9 p.m., telling her “he wanted to offer her assistance in her pursuit of a different career.”

During the conversation, Constand said she feeling stressed about her career decision. 

That’s when Cosby offered her three blue pills which he said was herbal medication to help her relax.

She took the pills with bottled water and within a short period of time, she said her “knees began to shake, her limbs felt immobile, she felt dizzy and weak, and she began to feel only barely conscious.” She told Cosby she didn’t feel well and Cosby walked her to the sofa and laid her down.

“Subsequently, [Cosby] positioned himself behind [Constand] on the sofa, touched her breasts and vaginal area, rubbed his penis against her hand, and sexually assaulted her. ” 
She woke up at 4 a.m. “feeling raw in and around her vaginal area” and her “clothes and undergarments were in disarray.”

Cosby greeted her in morning in his bathrobe. She left his home by herself and reported his actions to the police a year later.

The statute of limitations for the case expires in January.

Constand filed a civil lawsuit against Cosby in late 2006. 

He settled with a confidentiality agreement, which Constand is trying to undo.


SOURCE: Blackworld