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The Latest: Bill Cosby’s words could be damaging in court

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, in Melbourne, Fla. Cosby detailed his efforts to keep his exploits from his wife in a transcript of a 2005-06 deposition taken in Philadelphia. It is the only publicly available testimony he has given in response to accusations he drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women over four decades. Cosby has denied the allegations, calling the sexual contact consensual. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, in Melbourne, Fla. Cosby detailed his efforts to keep his exploits from his wife in a transcript of a 2005-06 deposition taken in Philadelphia. It is the only publicly available testimony he has given in response to accusations he drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women over four decades. Cosby has denied the allegations, calling the sexual contact consensual. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

By Associated Press July 20, 2015 1 min read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The latest on newly obtained deposition testimony from Bill Cosby (all times local):

2 p.m.

A lawyer for three women suing Bill Cosby for defamation says the release of decade-old testimony destroys Cosby as a public moralist.

The Associated Press and other media outlets have obtained the comedian’s 2005 and 2006 testimony in recent days. The material remains under a court seal.

In the deposition, Cosby talks about decades of affairs with women and giving women quaaludes for the purpose of having sex with them.

He said in the question-and-answer session that he gave the drug to Therese Serignese in the 1970s. She is now suing Cosby for defamation.

Her lawyer, Joseph Cammarata, calls the documents a “treasure trove of admissions by Mr. Cosby.”