Hamilton actress, model who accused Cosby in 2000 wants to leave it in the past
It first came out in the New York Post in March of 2000, while Covington was a 20-year-old ingénue with a bit role as a waitress on Cosbys television celebration of family values and clean living.
Covington filed a complaint with the New York police alleging the hanky panky of forcing her hand inside his pants during a career counseling session at his Manhattan apartment on Jan. 25, 2000.
The only thing we have to say at this point is that the story is not true, Cosbys spokesman David Brokaw said at the time.
In those days, Covington was living with her mother, brother and twin sister in the family home, where the
mother was sweeping up outside when approached by the newspaper for a comment on the Cosby story for the first time in more than 12 years.
With the stars Doc Huxtable face on the cover of People magazine this week, she said it was hard to ignore all the talk about Cosby casting couches and magic potions.
Diane Covington said too many of the woman now coming forward years later are telling the same story of being somehow drugged into submission.
From the beginning, Covington has said she had no reason to doubt my daughter. If he did it, he did it, and it doesnt matter who he is.
Then a 20-year-old graduate of Trenton Central High, class of 1998, Lachele Covington was deluged by national media after the National Enquirer got a hold of the story.
Bill Cosby scared her half to death! Covingtons grandfather was quoted as saying in the National Enquirer.
Lachele Covington, who was home for the Thanksgiving weekend, specifically told the mother she would not be joining in the new challenges to Cosby because had moved on long ago.
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