3 more women accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault; that's 38 women so far

Bill Cosby is facing more allegations of historic sexual abuse after three women claimed the comedian assaulted them decades ago.
As the veteran comedian was preparing for the final show in his US comedy tour, Janice Baker Kinney, Marcella Tate and Autumn Burns accused the 77-year-old of drugging and sexually assaulting them in separate incidents between 1970 and 1982.

They join more than three dozen women who have made similar accusations in public over the past year.

Kinney said she met Cosby with a friend in May 1982, when she was 24, while working at Harrah's in Reno, Nevada. She said she visited Cosby's residence with her friend, where he gave her some pills. She said she later woke up naked, in bed with the comedian, and he told her to keep their encounter to themselves.

"I was mortified at what had happened," Kinney said. "All this time, and for many, many years, I felt that this was my fault."

Cosby, best known for playing Dr Cliff Huxtable on the top-rated "Cosby Show," has never been charged over any of the allegations. He settled a 2005 civil lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct.

Representatives for Cosby did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday and his attorney Marty Singer has previously dismissed similar allegations made by other women as "discredited" and "defamatory."

Burns said she met Cosby in 1970 at a Las Vegas casino in which she worked when she was 20 years old. She said she was invited to his suite where he made her a drink, after which she felt "woozy and not in control." She said the comedian then forced her into sex acts.

Tate said she met Cosby in Chicago in 1975, when she was a 27-year-old model. She said he asked her to take him to the Playboy Mansion, where he offered her a drink that left her feeling drugged.

The allegations have led to cancellations of a number of stops on his live "Far From Finished" comedy tour.