Vogue Model Beverly Johnson Tells Her Bill Cosby Story Of Being Drugged

 

Beverly Johnson was a top model during the 70s and 80s and was the first African American woman to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974

Bill Cosby Drugged Me. This Is My Story Vanity Fair

Model Beverly Johnson beat back her own demons, ignoring finally the voices in her head saying: “Black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don’t need someone like you, an African American with a familiar face and a famous name, fanning the flames.”

Beverly Johnson says that the world can add her name to the list of women drugged but NOT successfully raped by Bill Cosby because by the time she called him a motherfucker for the fifth time, he yanked her down his brownstone stairs and threw her into a cab.

For a long time I thought it was something that only happened to me, and that I was somehow responsible. So I kept my secret to myself, believing this truth needed to remain in the darkness. But the last four weeks have changed everything, as so many women have shared similar stories, of which the press have belatedly taken heed.

Beverly Johnson concludes her story, saying that she has agreed to serve on the board of the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children, where many of the young children have been sexually abused.

Rape Drugs

When a Rapist’s Weapon Is A Drug New York Times

Today’s events cause people to ask: why do date-rape drugs exist when it seems quite easy for men and women to engage in consensual sex.