By Olumide Adesida
Three more women came forward today in a press conference organised by Gloria Allred to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
Linda Kirkpatrick, Lynn Neal, and Kacey all shared their similar stories, at times breaking down in tears, with all saying fears of retaliation prevented them from speaking out earlier.
Kirkpatrick says she was drugged and assaulted in 1981 when she was 25, after playing in a tennis tournament against Cosby in Las Vegas.
He invited her to his show after the tournament, where he gave her a drink. ‘I knew something was terribly terribly wrong with whatever I had consumed in the drink he gave me,’ she says.
He then allegedly assaulted her in his dressing room.
Kirkpatrick says Cosby called her the next day to apologise, and that he invited her back to his show.
He allegedly assaulted her again that night, using force instead of drugs, since Kirkpatrick says she was careful not to drink anything at the show.