Cosby hit with more sex assault claims

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Published Mar 30, 2015

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LOS ANGELES - Two more women came forward on Friday accusing veteran comedian Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them decades ago, when they were in their teens.

Sunni Welles and Margie Shapiro joined the more than three dozen women who have accused the 77-year-old comedian of sexual assault, reading statements alongside celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.

Welles said she was a 17-year-old aspiring singer at the time of her encounter with Cosby, which took place in the mid-1960s in Hollywood after a visit to a jazz club.

“He was a star. He was Bill Cosby and I buried it in my memory until all of these brave women began to come forward,” said Welles, who sobbed during her statement.

Best known for his America’s Dad persona Dr Cliff Huxtable on the top-rated Cosby Show, Cosby has never been charged over any of the allegations. He settled a 2005 civil suit alleging sexual misconduct.

Representatives for Cosby did not comment.

The allegations have scuttled Cosby’s television projects and led to cancellations of numerous comedy performances.

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