Bill Cosby Tries To Block Janice Dickinson From Testifying In 1972 Drugging & Rape Lawsuit

Bill Cosby, Janice Dickinson

Bill Cosby Tries To Block Janice Dickinson From Testifying In 1972 Drugging & Rape Lawsuit

Bill Cosby is attempting to prevent Janice Dickinson, Andrea Constand, and several other accusers from testifying in his upcoming civil trial, according to court documents.

The embattled entertainer is seeking to bar witness testimony and block what the filings describe as “evidence of sexual misconduct allegations” from Barbara Bowman, Theresa Picking Serignese and others. In the court papers, Cosby argues the material should be excluded because it relates to prior alleged crimes that were ultimately “uncharged.”

The upcoming trial stems from a lawsuit filed by Donna Motsinger, who claims Cosby drugged and raped her in 1972 while she was working as a server at the Trident restaurant in Sausalito, California. In her suit, Motsinger alleges Cosby gave her a pill she believed was aspirin.

According to the complaint, Motsinger says she felt off after taking the pill and woke up the next day in her bed wearing only her underwear.

In a deposition tied to the lawsuit, Cosby admitted he refilled a recreational prescription for Quaaludes he obtained from a gynecologist at a poker game seven times with the intention of giving the pills to women for sex. He also stated he never took a single Quaalude pill himself.

Cosby previously served nearly three years in prison for aggravated indecent assault before being released in 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction on procedural grounds.