Trailblazing black supermodel Beverly Johnson says Cosby drugged her
Black supermodel Beverly Johnson has gone public with new accusations that comedian Bill Cosby drugged her decades ago, joining a slew of women accusing the star of abuse.
Trailblazing black supermodel Beverly Johnson has gone public with new accusations that comedian Bill Cosby drugged her decades ago, joining a slew of women who have accused the 77-year-old of abuse.
Johnson, 62, made her allegations in a first-person story published on Thursday in Vanity Fair magazine titled “Bill Cosby Drugged Me. This Is My Story.”
Johnson’s heyday as a model was in the 1970s and 80s. She became the first black woman to appear on the cover of the fashion magazine Vogue in the United States in 1974.
Johnson claimed she was drugged by Cosby but still managed to resist his advances. Unlike other accusers who have come forward, the model does not make explicit sexual assault allegations against Cosby.
“My head became woozy, my speech became slurred and the room began to spin nonstop,” Johnson wrote in the mgazine about the incident.
An attorney for Cosby declined to comment on the new allegations.
More than 20 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault and rape, most dating from decades ago. Most allegations fall outside the statute of limitations for criminal charges. But one woman, former Playboy hostess Judy Huth, has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the Emmy and Golden Globe winner.