Court filings made public this week reveal that Bill Cosby acknowledged under oath that he repeatedly obtained Quaaludes, intending to give them to women before sexual encounters. According to the documents, obtained by TMZ, Cosby testified that he filled seven prescriptions for the drug and maintained that he did not take the pills himself.
The statements were given during a sealed deposition connected to a civil lawsuit filed by Donna Motsinger, who has accused Cosby of drugging and raping her in the early 1970s. Portions of that deposition are now referenced in newly submitted legal paperwork.
In his testimony, Cosby said the prescriptions came from Dr. Leroy Amar, a gynecologist and personal acquaintance. Cosby stated that the prescriptions were issued during a poker game at his Los Angeles residence sometime before 1972. The filings describe Amar as a “disgraced” physician, noting that his medical license in California was revoked in 1979.
Motsinger alleges that the assault occurred in 1972 while she was employed as a server at the Trident restaurant in Sausalito, California. She claims Cosby gave her a pill she assumed was aspirin. After ingesting it, she says she began losing consciousness and later awoke in her home, partially undressed, with little memory of what happened. The legal documents also identify the Quaaludes in Cosby’s possession as round, white tablets.
Cosby has asked the court to dismiss Motsinger’s lawsuit. She has formally challenged that request, keeping the case active as the court reviews the competing filings.
