Editing Bill Cosby (section)

=== Later allegations and investigations (2000–2006) ===
On February 1, 2000, according to a statement provided by Detective Jose McCallion of the [[New York County, New York|New York County]] [[District Attorney]]'s [[Special Victims Unit|Special Victims Bureau]], Lachele Covington, who was 20 years old at the time, filed a criminal complaint against Cosby alleging that on January 28, 2000, at his Manhattan townhouse, he had tried to put her hands down his pants and then [[Indecent exposure|exposed himself]]. Covington also alleged that Cosby grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hands down her pants. Cosby was questioned and insisted "it was not true". The [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) referred her complaint to the D.A., but they declined to prosecute.<ref name="radaronline_secretly">{{cite news |date=November 18, 2014 |title=More Cosby Claims: New Accuser Secretly Told Cops About Unwanted 'Sexual Contact' With Bill—Read The Shocking Police Report |url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/11/bill-cosby-rape-claims-lachele-covington-police-report/}}</ref>

In January 2004, Andrea Constand, a former [[Temple University]] employee, accused Cosby of drugging and fondling her; however, in February 2005, [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], Pennsylvania's District Attorney said there would be no charges due to insufficient credible and admissible evidence.<ref name="cbc.ca_1.579908">{{cite news |date=November 8, 2006 |title=Cosby, Canadian woman settle lawsuit over alleged assault |publisher=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cosby-canadian-woman-settle-lawsuit-over-alleged-assault-1.579908 |access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref> Constand then filed a [[civil claim]] in March 2005, with thirteen women as potential witnesses if the case went to court.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news |date=July 3, 2014 |title=Bill Cosby Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/24/us/bill-cosby-fast-facts/ |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="WPost">{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Soraya Nadia |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Is the world starting to turn against Bill Cosby? |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/31/after-jian-ghomeshi-is-the-world-finally-starting-to-turn-against-bill-cosby/ |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> Cosby [[Court settlement|settled out of court]] for an undisclosed amount in November 2006.<ref name="cnn" /> After learning that charges were not pursued in the Constand case, California lawyer Tamara Lucier Green, the only publicly named woman in the prior case, came forward with allegations in February 2005 that Cosby had drugged and assaulted her in the 1970s.<ref name="WoolfGuardian">{{cite web |last1=Woolf |first1=Nicky |date=December 16, 2014 |title=The Bill Cosby sexual abuse claims—accusation by accusation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/24/the-bill-cosby-sexual-abuse-claims-accusation-by-accusation |access-date=May 24, 2015 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="philadelphiamagazine">{{cite news |last=Fiorillo |first=Victor |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Q&A: New Bill Cosby Accuser Joan Tarshis |work=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |url=http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/11/17/bill-cosby-rape-sexual-assault-joan-tarshis/ |access-date=November 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=November 14, 2014 |title=Cosby Is Off Another Show as Rape Accusations Swirl |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/business/media/appearance-by-bill-cosby-with-david-letterman-canceled-as-rape-allegations-swirl.html |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> Cosby's lawyer said Cosby did not know her and that the events did not happen.<ref name="cnn2014">{{cite news |last=Leopold |first=Todd |date=November 12, 2014 |title=Rape allegations won't go away for Bill Cosby |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/showbiz/tv/bill-cosby-rape-allegations/ |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>

In a July 2005 ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' interview, Beth Ferrier, one of the anonymous "Jane Doe" witnesses in the Constand case, alleged that in 1984 Cosby had drugged her coffee and she awoke with her clothes partially removed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=Nicole Weisensee|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-beth-ferrier-int/34429482/|title=Another Cosby accuser speaks out|work=Philadelphia Daily News|date=June 23, 2005|access-date=May 31, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|page=10}}</ref> In 2005, Shawn Upshaw Brown, a woman with whom Cosby admitted to having an extramarital affair in the 1970s, claimed in the ''National Enquirer'' that Cosby drugged and raped her the last time the two were together sexually. Brown is the mother of [[Autumn Jackson]], who claims to be Cosby's illegitimate daughter. Jackson was convicted in 1997 of [[extortion]] after she threatened to make the claims public in the ''[[Globe (tabloid)|Globe]]'' tabloid. In 2015, Brown went into more detail with her renewed allegations in an interview.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Ryan |date=November 26, 2014 |title=Cosby mistress claims comedian drugged and raped her, fathered her daughter |publisher=AOL News |url=http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/26/cosby-mistress-claims-comedian-drugged-and-raped-her-fathered-daughter/20999599/ |access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref>

On June 9, 2006, [[Philadelphia (magazine)|''Philadelphia'' magazine]] published an article by Robert Huber which gave graphic detail about Constand's allegations, and the similar stories told by Green and Ferrer about how they stated that they too were drugged and sexually assaulted. With these severe allegations against Cosby, Huber wrote: "His lawyers have gotten it pushed to the back burner, down to a simmer, and maybe it will amount to nothing, yet there is also the possibility that it will bubble up to destroy him."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwqMST1KTcQ Reporter who saw Cosby's scandal coming], Bob Huber interviewed about his 2006 magazine article that highlighted Cosby allegations (2014 CNN report, uploaded to YouTube on Nov 30)</ref> The article was titled ''Dr. Huxtable & Mr. Hyde'',<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Huber |first=Robert |date=June 9, 2006 |title=Dr. Huxtable & Mr. Hyde |url=https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2006/06/09/dr-huxtable-mr-hyde/ |magazine=Philadelphia |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |publisher=Metro Corp. |access-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112232745/https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2006/06/09/dr-huxtable-mr-hyde/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in allusion to both Cosby's character Cliff Huxtable on ''The Cosby Show'' and to a person having two starkly distinct "[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Jekyll and Hyde]]" personalities. This article also presented Barbara Bowman, who had come forward after having read about Constand's story, saying she could not sit in silence any longer. Details of Bowman's similar drug and sexual assault allegations were published in the magazine's November 1, 2006, issue. Bowman reported two incidents that happened around early 1986, wherein she was eighteen years old and working as an aspiring model and actress after her agent had introduced her to Cosby and he had become her good friend and mentor, saying that she escaped his attacks, returned home to Denver and Cosby thereafter subverted her career.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Huber |first=Robert |date=November 1, 2006 |title='Cosby Threw Me on the Bed', In a follow-up to our June profile of Bill Cosby, another woman steps forward with allegations against him. |url=https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2006/11/01/cosby-threw-me-on-the-bed/ |magazine=Philadelphia |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |publisher=Metro Corp. |access-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426083437/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/11/01/cosby-threw-me-on-the-bed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>