Cosby's rape saga continues after a young comedian called him a
'serial rapist' during his stand up routines in Philadelphia, Oct.16.
Now a 47year old woman says he raped her repeatedly 25 years ago.
Bill Cosby, a serial rapist?-
Barbara Bowman, now 47
Looks like comedian Hannibal Buress' joke about Bill Cosby being a 'serial rapist'
has brought more bad luck to the 77-year-old legend as a woman has come
out to say the veteran TV star repeatedly raped her back in 1985 when
she was just 19!
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Barbara Bowman,
now 47, revealed that she was emotionally and sexually abused by Cosby
about 25 years ago. Adding that the TV star manipulated her into
believing he was a father-figure and took advantage of her youth and
ambition to repeatedly have her in his hotel bed.
According
to her naration, it began as a dream in 1985 with a private 'audition'
for Cosby but ended two years later in screams for help while being
pinned down to the comic's bed. As for why she's breaking her silence 25
years later, Barbara said its time to speak up after about 13 other
victims have followed in 30 years.
Here's what she said:
“I
was drugged and raped by that man. He is a monster. He came at me like a
monster. My hope is that others who have experienced sexual abuse will
not be intimidated into silence by the famous, rich and powerful. If I
can help one victim, then I've done my job.”
'I'm
finally revealing all of my full story in hopes that others will learn
to read the tell-tale signs of abuse and not wait as long as I did. No
one believed me for years. They said Bill would never do that. That it
was preposterous. But I'm putting my name out there and standing behind
these words, just like Burress. No more code of silence.'
Now,
25 years after the multiple incidents of drugging, sexual assault, and
even rape at the hands of the now 77-year-old Cosby, Barbara said: 'I've
been silent too long. It's time to raise a fuss. I'm a real person that
this happened to. And it's taken decades to get over what he did to me.
'I
thank Hannibal Burress for speaking out over and over again, despite
the threats from the Industry that it could ruin his career. He is
standing up for me and the other women who are too afraid to speak out.
'And the timing couldn't be better. It sickens me to think he'll be on TV again, playing a father, no less.'
'And the timing couldn't be better. It sickens me to think he'll be on TV again, playing a father, no less.'
Barbara's
fear is that her perpetrator will actually hit the NBC airwaves again,
as soon as next summer in a new sitcom, playing a patriarchal father
figure, just like he played the quintessential family man Dr Cliff
Huxtable on The Bill Cosby Show in the 1980s.
“Maybe
he should also teach his fictitious TV family how to escape the talons
of sexual predators. Bill used to tell me that he was my father figure
and that I needed to trust him as a father, 100 percent. Then he'd drug
me and attack me. I was to afraid to talk back.”
“He told me over and over again, "Trust me like I was your father." He zeroed in on that like a laser beam.'
“He told me over and over again, "Trust me like I was your father." He zeroed in on that like a laser beam.'
While
other victims were allegedly given hush money to prevent them from
going public with their accusations, and another settled after filing a
court case against Cosby, Barbara is free to speak out.”
“I
never took shut up money. My motivation to speak now is to expose Bill
Cosby as the animal that he is. He went after me in that hotel room like
an animal with such sexual prowess and force that he couldn't control
himself. And at 19-years-old, I knew it would be the last time he would
ever get the chance to hurt me this way again.”
Do you think she's telling the truth? Why now when Cosby is about to release another huge TV Series? Drop us a comment below.
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