How many more women are going to come forward with allegations of Bill Cosby drugging them, sexually assaulting them, or both? It seems like nearly every single day there is a new story and today's comes from a legendary supermodel Beverly Johnson. Rather than keeping her story to herself, Johnson decided to write an essay for Vanity Fair, describing her encounters with Cosby in the mid-1980s.
Johnson claims that Cosby was the perfect gentleman at first and invited her and her young daughter to his brownstone. She says he put her at ease and made sure that she was comfortable with him in any setting before making any moves. Johnson said she went back to his home to read for a role on Cosby's hit show and how quickly things turned ugly.
"Cosby said he wanted to see how I handled various scenes, so he suggested that I pretend to be drunk. (When did a pregnant woman ever appear drunk on The Cosby Show? Probably never, but I went with it)" she writes. "As I readied myself to be the best drunk I could be, he offered me a cappuccino from the espresso machine. I told him I didn't drink coffee that late in the afternoon because it made getting to sleep at night more difficult. He wouldn't let it go. He insisted that his espresso machine was the best model on the market and promised I'd never tasted a cappuccino quite like this one. It's nuts, I know, but it felt oddly inappropriate arguing with Bill Cosby so I took a few sips of the coffee just to appease him. Now let me explain this: I was a top model during the '70s, a period when drugs flowed at parties and photo shoots like bottled water at a health spa. I'd had my fun and experimented with my fair share of mood enhancers. I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I'd been drugged — and drugged good," explains Johnson.
In her essay, the legend details how she screamed obscenities at Cosby until he dragged her down stairs and out the door of his home. She says she remembers being shoved into a cab but has no real memory of how she made it into her apartment let alone her bed. Johnson claims to have been knocked out for a long window of time and when she finally woke she remembered everything up until the cab door slammed behind her.
Johnson, like the line of women before her, says that she has stayed silent for years because she had too much to lose. Plus, it was Bill Cosby, and he seemed like an unbeatable force — at least until now. What are your thoughts on Johnson's account of what she claims happened to her? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
