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Cosby rape allegation

CAMDEN, N.J. — Former "Cosby Show" guest star Lili Bernard describes being raped by the briefly jailed comedian in a new civil complaint, saying Bill Cosby drugged her during a meeting in August 1990, one month after they met, at the Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino Trump Taj Mahal. Bernard says Cosby posed as a mentor, encouraged her to her to call him "Daddy," and feigned insult on a previous occasion when she reacted to his unsolicited groping of her breasts.

CAMDEN, N.J. — Former "Cosby Show" guest star Lili Bernard describes being raped by the briefly jailed comedian in a new civil complaint, saying Bill Cosby drugged her during a meeting in August 1990, one month after they met, at the Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino Trump Taj Mahal. Bernard says Cosby posed as a mentor, encouraged her to her to call him "Daddy," and feigned insult on a previous occasion when she reacted to his unsolicited groping of her breasts.

Read the complaint.

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