Another Bill Cosby rape accuser from 2005 lawsuit details alleged assault

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Last Updated : Mar 05 2015 | 1:42 PM IST

Another Jane Doe witness in the 2005 sexual assault lawsuit against comedian Bill Cosby has come forward to share her story for the first time.

As per BuzzFeed News, Patricia said that Cosby, who made bizarre demands, including telling her to lose weight and style her hair like Queen Noor of Jordan, invited her to a dinner party at his family home in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, in 1978 when she was 22-year-old.

Patricia added that she assumed she would be dining with his wife as well, but Cosby was the only other guest and he led her to two place settings on a coffee table next to his fireplace.

The 58-year-old added that she felt alarm bells go off because it did feel intimate, but she was trying to be so grown up and mature and the Cosby family photos that lined the walls made her feel more at ease.

She accepted the drink Cosby mixed her, along with his "creepy" acting improvisation directions: Cosby wanted Patricia to pretend to be an elegant queen with oatmeal dripping all over her face.

Then, she started to feel weird from the drink and doesn't remember much as she blacked out, but when she came to her senses in Cosby's guest bedroom, she found herself naked and Cosby standing over her in a bathrobe.

He told Patricia she had thrown up and passed out and that he'd had to wash her dress and was even nice enough to offer her a toothbrush. Patricia added that she believed him and was deeply ashamed.

Patricia, who is only the seventh Jane Doe to tell her story to the press, is speaking out now because she wants to encourage the other Jane Does to come forward even if, like her, they don't want to use their last name or take photographs and "become part of the media circus.

Patricia, who believes Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her twice, said she kept silent until now because she has always believed she was partially responsible for what happened to her.

The last time Patricia saw Cosby was in 1980 at a live taping of the Dinah Shore Show, where Cosby demanded that Patricia style her hair like Queen Noor of Jordan as he was "obsessed with her."

After the show, Cosby refused to talk to Patricia unless she agreed to take some pills he offered her that he said would "relax her." So she took them and awoke the next morning naked, with her hair and makeup a mess.

She noted that she was very sick and knew that someone had penetrated her, after which she finally realized what was happening.

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First Published: Mar 05 2015 | 1:28 PM IST

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