Bill Cosby accuser’s lawyer suggests comedian might have rare sexual disorder
A lawyer for Andrea Constand, the woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault in 2005, suggested in a motion on Wednesday that the comedian might have a rare sexual disorder.
Constand’s attorney is requesting that a judge make even more records from her 2005 lawsuit public. The suit never went to trial because Cosby and Constand reached a settlement out of court, but in testimony made public on Monday, Cosby admitted that he obtained Quaaludes to give to women for sex. In the new motion, Constand’s lawyer suggested that Cosby might suffer from a rare sexual disorder called somnophilia.
Dr. Michael First, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center who has not treated Cosby, told The New York Post that the disorder is defined as “being aroused by the idea of having sex with someone sleeping,” even if sexual contact doesn’t happen.
“Although some of the women engaged in consensual relations with Cosby, their accounts substantiated defendant’s alleged predilection for somnophilia,” Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troiani, wrote in the motion on Wednesday.
According to TheWrap, Troiani wrote that the release of more documents will “assist other women who have been victimized and bring awareness to the fact that sexual assault is not just committed with a gun or knife but is also committed by mentors who engage in exploitative behaviors.”
Over 40 women have accused Cosby of drugging and raping them over a period of decades.
image courtesy of INFphoto.com/i>
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment-- or suggestions, particularly of topics and places you'd like to see covered