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Bill Cosby 'victim' tells police how he drugged her in 2008 at Playboy Mansion party when she was just 18 as detectives launch full-scale probe into comedy legend
- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO:Chloe Goins tells how she was drugged at Playboy Mansion and woke up to find Cosby licking her toes
- Chloe Goins, 24, is at an LA police station to tell detectives how Cosby attacked her in 2008 at the Playboy Mansion
- Las Vegas stripper was with friend when he gave her drink, she is telling officers
- She felt dizzy and Cosby helped her to a bedroom but her next memory is of being naked with him licking her toes, she previously told MailOnline
- Goins has come forward after a series of other women have spoken out
- Her allegation appears to be first not covered by statute of limitations on criminal action
- Cosby has been hit by protests at his comedy shows and canceled one of his dates this week
A model who accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the Playboy mansion met with LAPD detectives this morning to file a criminal complaint against him.
Chloe Goins, 24, who claims Cosby, 77, spiked her drink with a sedative before luring her into a room and launching a sordid attack on her six years ago, wants to press charges and bring the comedian ‘to justice’, her lawyer has confirmed.
Goins and experienced attorney Spencer Kuvin - the man who represented four victims of notorious billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein - arrived at LAPD headquarters Wednesday morning for the 9am meeting.
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Statement: Chloe Goins arrives at an LA police station to make a full statement to detectives on what she says was her drug and sexual assault ordeal at the hands of Bill Cosby in 2008
Determined: Goins waived her right to anonymity after reading the accounts of other women Cosby is accused of attacking. Her statement to detectives is a significant step in the investigation into Cosby
Investigation: Cosby is now the subject of a fulls scale investigation by LA police, with Chloe Goins making a statement on what she says happened in 2008 at the Playboy Mansion
Venue: Cosby has long been a regular at the Playboy Mansion in Beverley Hills, where Hugh Hefner, his longtime friend, has been holding parties since the 1960s
The complaint will be a huge blow to aging Cosby – who already faces close to 30 historic accusations of sexual assault or rape – as Goins is the first accuser whose allegations appear not to be covered by the statute of limitations.
Goins, who told DailyMail.com how she woke up naked in a drug haze as Cosby licked her toes, was allegedly attacked in 2008.
If convicted, Cosby could face up to 48 months in jail as well as a possible $10,000 fine, under Californian law.
Goins’ lawyer Spencer Kuvin said his client was determined to seek justice despite being ‘very afraid of a powerful, influential man who clearly took advantage of her in a situation’.
Pressure: Cosby leaves his private plane as he lands in Hamilton, Ontario, for a comedy gig there.
Protest: Demonstrators were outside the Hamilton venue to express anger at Cosby
Friends: Hefner and Cosby have been close since the 1960s but last weekend the Playboy creator issued a statement distancing himself from the comedian, saying of the allegations: 'The mere thought is saddening.'
Cosby is under mounting pressure over the alleged attacks.
His comedy tour was hit by protests both inside and outside the venue in Hamilton, Ontario, last week and today a date scheduled for early February in Massachusetts was cancelled.
Officials at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester say the promoter of the stand-up comedy show scheduled for February 6 came to an agreement with Cosby's agent to cancel.
'I do think we are relieved. It's not a situation anybody wanted to be in, but our image in the community means a lot to us and I know that there are those who will be relieved not to see him appear here,' said Troy Siebels, the theatre's president.
Goins' lawyer said she was making her statement because other women had come forward.
There are now close to 30 women who have come forward to speak of being attacked by Cosby, including Beverley Johnson, the first black supermodel.
Speaking to DailyMail.com before the meeting today Kuvin said Goins, a lap dancer and model who lives in Las Vegas, only garnered the courage to come forward after seeing Cosby’s other accusers come forward.
Kuvin said: 'Only now when she saw others speaking out does she feel comfortable speaking out.
'She will meet with the LAPD today and tell them everything they need to know.
'The one thing that I thought was very important is that Chloe was very adamant that she come out now because she could possibly be the one that is within the statute of limitations to be a able to bring a criminal action against Bill Cosby, so she felt a duty to come forward.
'Seeing these many other, much older, women with events that happened many, many years ago, she felt a duty to come forward and possibly - and hopefully - bring this man to justice where others cannot.
'She wants to see justice served and unfortunately all these other woman are unable to do that.
'These events happened when she was 18 and she's now only 24, so hopefully she will be able to bring him to justice when no one else could.'
Goins says she felt compelled to come forward after reading the accounts of other women who claim Cosby drugged and assaulted them in the media.
At the end of last year prosecutors in Los Angeles decided not to charge the comic legend over a similar sexual assault complaint made against him by a different woman - as that alleged offence took place too long ago.
The stand-up comic – known as America’s favorite TV dad after his long stint in sitcom The Cosby Show – was investigated by police after accuser Judy Huth claimed she was drugged and raped at the Playboy mansion in 1974, aged just 15.
The LAPD opened an inquiry into Huth’s allegations but prosecutors announced yesterday that they would not be prosecuting him as the alleged attack took place over 30 years ago, and the statute of limitations had passed.
In an emotional interview with DailyMail.com - who first broke her story - Goins told how their stories had brought back chilling memories of the night she was allegedly assaulted at one of Hugh Hefner’s infamous summer parties.
Goins, originally from San Diego, and a girlfriend, were introduced to Hefner and Cosby shortly after arriving at the party and the then-70-year-old comedian began lavishing the blonde with attention.
He then went to get her an alcoholic drink, but soon after drinking it, Goins started to feel ‘foggy’ and ‘sick’ and Cosby offered to show her to a bedroom where she could rest.
The next thing the model remembers is waking up completely undressed while a half-naked Cosby licked her toes and masturbated.
Goins said she is sure Cosby had been licking her breasts and groping her body as well.
She said: 'I remember waking up and feeling moist all over, like he had been licking all over me.
'He wasn't on my breasts when I woke, but I could feel, you know, the saliva on them and that he'd been licking on me.
Attack: The Playboy Mansion is where Chloe Goins alleges she was molested in a bedroom by Cosby. She says she was first handed a drugged drink at a party by the comedian, who she thought was a kindly older man
Long association: Hefner and Cosby together. However the Playboy creator has distanced himself from his friend
'I felt embarrassed, it was a gross, icky feeling, I felt very violated and humiliated.
'I was scared, I was just 18 and he was an old man, I was not very sexually experienced and I didn't really know what had happened, it was violating.'
Cosby quickly jumped up when she woke, pulled his pants up and left without saying anything, Goins claims.
She didn’t report it at the time as she was scared of getting into trouble or ruining her modelling career.
Goins and Huth are among dozens of women who claim Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them, with some allegations dating back 40 years.
Former Playboy bunny P.J. Masten, who claims she was raped by Cosby at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1979, believes there are 12 other former Bunnies who are too ashamed to come forward with their own stories.
Other accusers include supermodel Janice Dickinson, who told in an interview how Cosby invited her to Lake Tahoe to talk about a television role in 1982, but ended up drugging and raping her.
Cosby has not yet commented on the accusations but did break his silence at the weekend to praise his wife for her ‘love and strength’.
The comic also told Page Six, 'Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind.’
Party time: Another 2008 party at the mansion, with Hefner posing with female guests
JUST SOME OF THE WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED BY BILL COSBY
Andrea Constand - A Temple University employee, she claimed in 2006 that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Philadelphia-area mansion two years earlier. Cosby eventually settled this suit out of court as the prosecution said they had 13 Jane Does who would testify Cosby had done the same to them.
Barbara Bowman - Bowman told MailOnline that Cosby raped and drugged her in 1985 when she was a 17-year-old aspiring actress. Bowman was one of Constand's 13 Jane Does.
Joan Tarshis - Tarshis claimed that she was just 19-years-old when Cosby drugged and raped her twice in Hollywood back in 1969 while she was working as a writer for him.
Janice Dickinson - The supermodel said in an interview that Cosby invited her to Lake Tahoe to talk about a television role in 1982, but ended up drugging and raping her.
Tamara Green - Green, who first came forward in 2005 told MailOnline that she was an aspiring actress in the 1970s when Cosby gave her pills and pretended to care for her while she had the flu, but instead sexually assaulted her.
Therese Serignese - Another of the 13 Jane Does, she says she was 19 when Cosby drugged and raped her in Las Vegas after one of his shows.
Louisa Moritz - She accused Cosby of sexual assault, saying he forced her into oral sex backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1971, and implied he would further her career if she complied.
Linda Joy Traitz - She said she was just 19 when Cosby drove her out to a beach and tried to get her to take pills to relax, before becoming 'sexually aggressive'. Traitz has been charged in the past with trafficking pills. Cosby's attorney, Marty Singer, is trying to use Traitz's past to discredit her claims.
Beth Ferrier - Ferrier claims she had a relationship with Cosby in the mid-1980s. She claims that she awoke in her car with her clothes in disarray and not remembering what had happened. Ferrier has claimed that he drugged her coffee.
Carla Ferrigno - The wife of Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, claims Cosby tried to sexually assault her during a gathering at his house in 1967. What's more, Cosby allegedly tried to use a friend to help court Ferrigno, and allegedly made his move on the former Playboy Bunny just moments after his own wife, Camille, left the room.
Angela Leslie - The former model-actress claims that Cosby forced her to masturbate him in his Vegas hotel suite after giving her a strong drink in 1992.
Renita Chainey Hill - The 47-year-old mother-of-three who met Cosby when she was offered a role on Picture Pages in Pittsburgh claimed he would fly her to cities around the United States and drug her during a four-year relationship.
Kristina Ruehli - A New Hampshire grandmother-of-eight, now 71, claims Cosby invited her back to his house for a 'party'. She arrived and no one was there. Ruehli alleges that he drugged two bourbons he poured her and she came to when he was on top of her, shirtless.
Victoria Valentino - The former Playboy playmate claims Cosby drugged her and a friend, tried to rape her friend then violated her instead in a Hollywood apartment after dinner.
Jewel Allison - The former model accused Cosby of drugging her wine and making her feel his genitals before kissing her during a dinner at his home in the late Eighties.
Michelle Hurd: The 47-year-old actress, known for her roles on Law & Order: SVU and Gossip Girl, revealed she was a stand-in on the set of The Cosby Show when Cosby started acting inappropriately around her. She says he asked her to go to his house to take a shower so he could blow dry her hair straight, but she decided not to go.
Victim: P.J. Masten with Cosby in the 1970s
P.J. Masten - The former Playboy bunny claims Cosby invited her out to dinner in Chicago. Before they left he gave her a drink and the next thing she remembers is waking up naked and bruised in his bed. Masten claims she knows of 12 other former bunnies who were attacked by Cosby but have not yet come forward.
Joyce Emmons -The former comedy club manager claims she woke up naked next to a friend of Bill Cosby after the comedian gave her a sedative when she complained of a migraine. Emmons told TMZ that the comedian slipped her a Quaalude when she was in his Las Vegas hotel suite in the 1970s. She claims Cosby drugged her but has not accused him of sexual assault.
Lachele Covington - The 20-year-old actress, who'd been an extra on the TV show Cosby, filed a police report in March 2000 against the star, accusing him of making an unwelcome sexual advance. According to The New York Post, after dinner and drinks at his home, he massaged her then 'guided her hand towards his sweatpants'. Cosby denied the claim and no charges were filed.
Shawn Brown - The only woman that Cosby admits cheating with claims that after a two-month relationship, Cosby drugged a drink and urged her to down it. He then raped her while she was unconscious and got her pregnant, she says.
Paige Young - Young shot herself dead in 1974 aged 30. She had had an affair with Cosby shortly before her death. In a suicide note she said that many Hollywood stars had used her and spat her out.
Judy Huth - Huth claims Cosby raped her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was just 15. Cosby has sued her, but Huth's is the only case that is being actively investigated by police.
Chelan Lasha - Lasha was an aspiring model in 1986 when she says Cosby gave her two shots of Amaretto and a pill and then attacked her as she lay on his bed in the Elvis Presley suite at the Hilton Las Vegas.
Beverley Johnson - The first black woman to be on the cover of American Vogue said Cosby made a drugged cappuccino for her when she visited his New York brownstone to read through lines for a small part in the Cosby Show. As she felt her body go limp she shouted at Cosby: 'You are a motherf***** aren't you?' Angry, Cosby dragged her downstairs and dumped her in a taxi.
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