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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Bill Cosby: Actress Who Appeared On 'Cosby Show' Is New Accuser (Report)

By Natalie Stone, May 03, 2015, Billboard.com

Lili Bernard, a former actress who is listed as having appeared on The Cosby Show, has reportedly stepped forward as a new accuser with rape claims leveled against Bill Cosby.

Bernard was mentored by the comedian, USA Today reported, and made an appearance on the show in 1992 as Mrs. Minifield in the episode "Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle." The former actress is one of two women that made public claims at a New York press conference on Friday (May 1) alleging that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them in the 1990s.

According to the newspaper's report, another accuser, Sammie Mays, also appeared at the press conference and said she met Cosby in the late 1980s while covering a convention in New Orleans. She claims she was sexually assaulted during an interview in his hotel room after he gave her a drink and she lost consciousness, USA Today reported.


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