In her memoir entitled ‘The Moment’, Constand describes her friendship with Cosby. She met the television star at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she was working on the basketball program. One evening in January 2004, she swallowed pills he offered, assuming they were herbal products. She noticed that her body went numb. “The inability to control my own body was utterly terrifying. I had never felt physically intimidated by anything or anyone before, even as a child. I was an athlete. But now I had no control over my limbs.”
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In a statement, Cosby said he was in love with Constand. His lawyers said their relationship was consensual. The comedian was sentenced in 2018 to between three and 10 years in prison for abusing and drugging Constand. His conviction was dropped on appeal because the trial was unfair
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In the interview, which will air in the United States on Tuesday, Constand says he is “shocked and disappointed that Cosby was released due to a formal error”. She doesn’t think it’s right that the actor is free, despite the fact that her testimony was believed. “He is a sexually violent predator who has been released from prison.”
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Besides Constand, more than 60 women said they had been drugged and abused by Cosby. He was the first celebrity to be convicted of sexual assault after the rise of the #MeToo movement, which drew attention to sexual harassment and abuse.
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