A woman who accuses Bill Cosby of drugging and violating her more than a decade ago stood by her story at his sex-crimes trial yesterday, withstanding hours of often ponderous cross-examination that didn't produce the stumbles the TV star might have hoped for.
Calm and composed, Andrea Constand brushed off suggestions she and Cosby had a romantic relationship before the 2004 encounter at his suburban Philadelphia home.
And she explained away the numerous phone calls she made to him afterward by saying she was merely returning Cosby's messages about the women's basketball squad at Temple University, where he was a powerful member of the board of trustees and she was director of team operations. Constand, 44, left the witness stand after seven hours of testimony over two days.
Some 60 women have come forward to say Cosby sexually violated them, all but destroying his nice-guy image, but the statute of limitations for prosecution had run out in nearly every case. AP
