Victoria Valentino told the Washington Post that Cosby drugged and abused her in 1970.
Bill Cosby performs at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, in Melbourne, Florida, on Nov. 21.
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Valentino recounted her story to the Washington Post in a lengthy piece on Cosby's 16 accusers.
In Valentino's case, the story begins in 1963, when she was chosen as the September Playboy Playmate. She was 19 years old at the time and the gig led to a job the next year as a bunny at the original Playboy Club on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. There, she befriend fellow bunny Francesca Emerson, who told the Post Cosby used to frequent the club. According to Emerson, Cosby tipped generously and gave her $1,000 when she lost her job.
Emerson introduced Cosby and Valentino in 1970. Later, Valentino, another woman, and Cosby went out to dinner, where they took red pills Cosby offered them. Afterward, he drove them to an apartment in the Hollywood Hills. The other woman then passed out.
Then, Valentino said, Cosby raped her.
"He came over to me and sat down on the love seat and opened his fly and grabbed my head and pushed my head down," she told the Post. "And then he turned me over. It was like a waking nightmare."
Valentino said she never went to the police because "in those days, it was always the rape victim who wound up being victimized." She did tell Emerson, however, who corroborated her story to the Post. Another former Playmate told the Post she video recorded Valentino telling the story after reaching out to her in 1982.
Valentino decided to come forward with the allegations after reading a piece by Barbara Bowman, who said Cosby raped her when she was 17.
"Every time I hear his name mentioned and see him getting an honorary doctorate and see him as this father figure, it makes me nauseated," Valentino said.
This is a developing story. Check back later for updates.
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