--- description: The list of accusers now includes more than two dozen women after three more came forward on Wednesday title: 3 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd49e1b2400929e2b/69876ce7524fc065cfdeb301/bill-cosby-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 3 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 12:37 AM CUT  Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C. Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C.LAWRENCE JACKSON—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 12:37 AM CUT Three more women [accused](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-three-women-say-bill-cosby-attacked-them-20150107-story.html "undefined") comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault on Wednesday. Each of the women who appeared at a news conference said they had been drugged by Cosby in the 1980s and 90s, the Los Angeles _Times_ reports. They appeared alongside attorney Gloria Allred, who represents many of the two dozen-plus women who have come forward with similar claims. Lawyers for embattled comedian have repeatedly denied the allegations that have been publicized in recent months. The news conference came after Cosby’s former co-star Phylicia Rashad [said](http://time.com/3657437/phylicia-rashad-bill-cosby-rape/ "undefined") the claims were part of a conspiracy to tarnish Cosby’s legacy. “Forget these women,” she was quoted as saying, in reference to those who accused him of rape. \[[_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-three-women-say-bill-cosby-attacked-them-20150107-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3658787/bill-cosby-three-more-accusers-assault/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3658787/bill-cosby-three-more-accusers-assault/"},"headline":"3 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault","datePublished":"2015-01-08T00:37:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:23:08.712Z","description":"The list of accusers now includes more than two dozen women","url":"https://time.com/3658787/bill-cosby-three-more-accusers-assault/","keywords":["Crime","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd49e1b2400929e2b/69876ce7524fc065cfdeb301/bill-cosby-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd49e1b2400929e2b/69876ce7524fc065cfdeb301/bill-cosby-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bill Cosby","caption":"Bill Cosby","creditText":"LAWRENCE JACKSON—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3658787/bill-cosby-three-more-accusers-assault/","name":"3 More Women Accuse Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault"}}]}] ```