The seventh witness in embattled comedian Bill Cosby’s retrial, Las Vegas teacher and former model Lise-Lotte Lublin, echoed many of the preceding accusers’ claims in her testimony Thursday, saying that Cosby communicated frequently with her parents and family, as well as alleging that he administered a substance to her.
Lublin also told the court in Pennsylvania that Cosby introduced her as his daughter.
She said that, in 1989, she was an aspiring model who Cosby expressed interest in mentoring, and on the stand she stated that she trusted him because he was “America’s dad” and presented himself as a father figure.
She also testified, “I recall being introduced as his daughter.”
Lublin said that during their second in-person meeting, Cosby invited her up to the Elvis Presley suite at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel at the time and insisted she drink two shots he poured her to “relax” while not drinking anything himself.
She testified that she became dizzy and found herself between Cosby’s legs with him stroking her hair, which she described as feeling inappropriate.
Telling the court that she didn’t understand what was happening, Lublin said, “I didn’t have the power to move or get up.”
“I didn’t understand why he was touching me,” Lublin added.
During Thursday’s testimony, Lublin continued that, the next thing she knew, she had woken up in her bed at home with her car in the driveway. She told the court that she had no memory of how she got there or anything else that had happened in the interim.
Cosby is being re-tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand’s accusation that the comedian molesting her in 2004 at his home outside of Philadelphia.
Cosby’s initial trial in the matter ended in a mistrial in July 2017 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations.