Earlier this month, Bill Cosby admitted to paying some women in order to keep his affairs with them a secret.
And now some of those woman, along with many more, are featured on the cover of New York Magazine.
The latest issue of this publication has gone viral thanks to the unique cover shot, as 35 of Cosby’s alleged sexual molestation victims have come together in one place.
Yes, at least 35 different women have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
Each woman is identified beneath a photo of her sitting in a chair and each granted New York Magazine an exclusive interview in which they detailed their horrible experiences with Cosby.
As documented numerous times over the past several months, most of the women have a similar story:
Cosby drugged their drinks and raped them while they slept.
In a 2005 deposition that went public a couple weeks ago, Cosby admitted to purchasing Quaaludes with the intention of using it to drug potential victims.
Says writer Noreen Malone, who penned an essay about Cosby and his scandal for the issue:
"The group of women Cosby allegedly assaulted functions almost as a longitudinal study – both for how an individual woman, on her own, deals with such trauma over the decades and for how the culture at large has grappled with rape over the same time period.
"In the ’60s, when the first alleged assault by Cosby occurred, rape was considered to be something violent committed by a stranger …
"But among younger women, and particularly online, there is a strong sense now that speaking up is the only thing to do, that a woman claiming her own victimhood is more powerful than any other weapon in the fight against rape."
The alleged victims range in age from their early 20s to 80; some were Playboy bunnies, others TV writers, others journalists and waitresses.
Cosby Show writer Sammie Mays says an encounter with that sitcom’s star in 1987 derailed her life entirely.
“When I see Jell-O pudding, it comes flooding back," she told the magazine.
"Bill Cosby, that encounter, that one time, played a major factor in the direction my life took, toward the dark side."
