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Cosby, 77, made the admission during testimony in a civil
case brought by a former Temple University employee, Andrea
Constand, who alleged that Cosby tricked her into taking drugs
before he sexually assaulted her.
The case was settled for an undisclosed sum in 2006 but the
documents in the case were unsealed on Monday after the
Associated Press went to court.
Cosby's lawyers had argued that the documents would cause severe
embarrassment to the comedian-actor, who is best known for
playing lovable father figure Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the hit TV
comedy series "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s and 1990s.
A representative for Cosby did not immediately respond to
requests for comment on Monday.
More than 40 women have come forward in the past year alleging
Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them in incidents dating
back decades. His attorneys have consistently denied the
allegations.
Cosby has never been criminally charged and most of the
allegations exceed the statute of limitations. However, his
career has taken a hit in the past year with TV projects and
live shows being canceled. He also stepped down from the board
of trustees at Temple University, his alma mater.
Cosby testified that in the 1970s he had obtained seven
prescriptions for Quaaludes, the brand name for a sedative and
muscle relaxant that was widely abused as a recreational drug in
the 1970s.
"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 was asked in the 2005 deposition.
"Yes," he replied.
Asked whether he ever gave them to young women, his lawyers
raised a lengthy series of objections.
Cosby testified later that he gave Constand one and a half pills
of the over-the-counter antihistamine drug Benadryl.
Cosby has said little directly about the slew of allegations
against him, telling ABC television in an interview in May that
he did not wish to discuss them.
"I can't speak; I just don't want to argue; I don't talk about
it," Cosby he said.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serrjeant, Bill
Trott and Lisa Shumaker)
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