Janice Dickinson on Bill Cosby Rape Allegations: ‘I’m Not Out to Get Him, I’m Out to Mostly Tell My Side of the Story’
”I didn’t do the right thing. I didn’t report it. I didn’t go to rape counseling. You know what? I was afraid, but I’m not afraid anymore,“ former supermodel tells CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield
Janice Dickinson went on CNN Monday night where she spoke at length with Fredricka Whitfield about her alleged sexual assault by Bill Cosby. The former “America’s Next Top Model” judge graphically detailed an alleged encounter she claims to have had with the comedian in 1982.
“I’m not out to get him,” she said about coming forward. “I’m out to tell my side of the story so I can protect any woman in the world against this monster Bill Cosby and against anything or anyone that could rob an innocence like mine had been violated and taken away from me.”
“I didn’t do the right thing. I didn’t report it. I didn’t go to rape counseling. You know what? I was afraid, but I’m not afraid anymore,” Dickinson told Whitfield. She admitted that a part of her reluctance in coming forward was concerns about her career, along with embarrassment and disgust.
Dickinson told Whitfield that Cosby lured her to meet him in Lake Tahoe with promises of a part on “The Cosby Show,” as well as access to connections that could help her aspirations in the music business.
“I took the bait. I jumped at this opportunity,” Dickinson said. “I was so psyched; I was rearing and ready to go.” When she arrived, she said she was met by Cosby and Stu Gardner, the man who composed the “Cosby Show” theme song.
“Stu Gardner left the dinner table and I was alone with [Cosby],” she said. “I had menstrual cramps, you know, stomach cramps. He said, ‘oh I’ve got something for that’ and he gave me a pill … If he’s giving me a pill, I trust the guy. I trusted Bill Cosby. … I wanted a television career. I had had a successful career for commercials. I wanted to take it to the next level.”
Dickinson then described the alleged sexual assault, saying that she took several Polaroid pictures of Cosby in his bathrobe before she ultimately blacked out.
“The last thing I remember, I blacked out and Cosby mounting me like the monster that he was,” Dickinson said. “And I was thinking what the heck — And I just remember passing out. But I remember more specifically waking up and there was a lot of pain downstairs. There was semen all over me and that my pajama bottoms were off and the top was opened.”
Cosby’s attorney Marty Singer told TheWrap, speaking in general about the allegations that have come out about his client, “These brand new claims about alleged decades-old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous, and it is completely illogical that so many people would have said nothing, done nothing, and made no reports to law enforcement or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years.”
Several times Monday night, Dickinson expressed regret that she didn’t seek out the authorities after the alleged assault, but she was adamant that she was telling the truth, calling out Cosby’s lawyers who have specifically called her claims “outrageous,” “a defamatory fabrication” and “a fabricated lie.”
“I’m being slandered and called that I lie. Bulls–t attorneys!” Dickinson said. “I am not lying. You weren’t there. I can prove it with Polaroids. Put a lie detector on me and put a lie detector test on the attorneys and put a lie detector test on Mr. Bill “Monster” Cosby.”
After a recent comedy performance in Florida, Cosby spoke out about the various sexual assault allegations against him, telling the Florida Today, “I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn’t have to answer to innuendos. People should fact check. People shouldn’t have to go through that and shouldn’t answer to innuendos.”
Ferguson Fallout: The Scene Following Decision Not to Indict Officer Darren Wilson (Photos)
Police officers march by a burning squad car during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Looters run out of a store in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Looters break into a business during unrest in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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A protester is surrounded by tear gas in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Firefighters try to extinguish a burning restaurant in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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A restaurant is set on fire by protesters in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters kneel with their hands up in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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A row of cars is set on fire at a used car lot during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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St. Louis Co. Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in Clayton, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri listen to a car radio as the grand jury's decision is delivered on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Heavily armed police officers confront protesters in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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St. Louis County police officers in riot gear guard the Ferguson police department on Nov. 24, 2014.
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A suspected looter is detained outside a Dollar Store in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Police deploy tear gas during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.
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CNN Reporter Sara Sidner was hit in the head with a rock while covering the Ferguson unrest on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters march in New York City following the grand jury decision in Missouri, Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters march through the streets of New York City after learning Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not be charged, Nov. 24, 2014.
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A woman faces police officers on the Harbor Freeway (110) in Los Angeles during a protest against the Ferguson grand jury decision on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters gather outside a shopping center in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters in Beverly Hills block traffic at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Dr. in reaction to the Ferguson grand jury decision on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Protesters gather outside the White House after the Ferguson grand jury decision on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Hundreds of protesters, many of them Howard University students, gather outside the White House after the Ferguson grand jury decision on Nov. 24, 2014.
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President Barack Obama calls for calm during a news conference in Washington, DC after the grand jury's decision on Nov. 24, 2014.
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Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump speaks during a press conference about the Ferguson grand jury decision in Dellwood, Missouri on Nov. 25, 2014.
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A worker cleans up glass at a business that was damaged during a demonstration following the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 25, 2014.
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Ferguson Mayor James W. Knowles III addresses the delayed deployment of the National Guard at a press conference in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 25, 2014.
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks about the widespread rioting and looting following the Ferguson grand jury decision during a news conference on Nov. 25, 2014.
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Missouri national guardsmen line up in front of the Ferguson police station on Nov. 25, 2014, ready to be deployed a day after demonstrators caused extensive damage in the city after the grand jury decision.
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Police officers secure the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters after protesters pushed over barricades during demonstrations on Nov. 25, 2014.
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A protester sits in the back of a Los Angles Police Department transport bus in the early morning hours of Nov. 26, 2014, after being arrested at a protest against the Ferguson grand jury decision.
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Police arrest a Ferguson protester during the early morning hours of Nov. 26, 2014.
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A protester has her eyes flushed after being pepper sprayed by police in Ferguson on Nov. 26, 2014.
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Protesters turned over a police car during a demonstration on Nov. 25, 2014 in Ferguson.
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Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown Jr., attends a press conference in New York City on Nov. 26, 2014 to pray and address the events of the last few days.
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Protesters set up barricades and block the 101 freeway in Los Angeles following the Ferguson grand jury decision, during a protest on Nov. 25, 2014.
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Violence erupts in Ferguson, and protests are held across the country after a grand jury decided Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not face criminal charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown
Police officers march by a burning squad car during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov. 24, 2014.