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Supermodel Janice Dickinson: 'Bill Cosby sexually assaulted me'

The self-declared "world's first supermodel" is the latest woman to come forward claiming she was a victim of the comedian

Bill Cosby, the veteran US actor and comedian, spoke out on Sunday about the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, blaming his death on the prevalence of guns in the United States.

Bill Cosby is refusing to comment on "decades-old" allegations of rape and assault Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

By Nick Allen, Los Angeles10:58AM GMT 19 Nov 2014CommentsComment

Janice Dickinson, the former model and television host, has claimed she was sexually assaulted by comedian Bill Cosby in the 1980s.

It is the latest in a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against Cosby, 77, who spent years as one of the most revered and loved figures in US television when he fronted The Cosby Show sitcom.

Several women have come forward in recent weeks but Dickinson, 59, is by far the most high profile.

In a filmed interview with Entertainment Tonight she alleged that Cosby sexually assaulted her in Lake Tahoe, California in 1982 after a meeting to discuss a possible role on The Cosby Show.

She said the comedian had called her while she was in rehab for alcohol and drugs, and asked her to come to meet him.

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According to Dickinson they had dinner afterwards, in her hotel room, where Cosby gave her red wine and a pill she believed was to help with a stomach ache.

She told Entertainment Tonight: "The next morning I woke up and I wasn't wearing my pyjamas and I remembered before I passed out I had been sexually assaulted by this man.