NORRISTOWN, Pa.—It was back in 2015 when unsealed court documents first revealed that Bill Cosby had said in a deposition that he, at one point, had seven prescriptions for Quaaludes and gave them to women he wanted to have sex with. Those details were explored even more when several news outlets got copies of the full depositions—it was revealed, for example, that Cosby said a Los Angeles gynecologist supplied him with the pills. But the documents were then placed back under seal and became court evidence.
Many of these passages have been read into the public record before, including a recap of some the most explosive excerpts sent out by the Associated Press the weekend before the trial. On Friday, they became part of the court record as they were read to jurors. As before, District Attorney Kevin Steele read the part of the lawyer, and Montgomery County Det. James Reape read the part of Cosby. Cosby was in the courtroom the entire time; so was Therese Serignese, who says she was assaulted by Cosby and is mentioned in some of the parts read aloud to jurors.
Several of the sections read to jurors have already been reported (and you can read them here). But there were a few new lines. In one instance, a lawyer kept pushing Cosby about why he gave out Quaaludes despite knowing it was illegal, and he responded, “Why do I have to answer that. It’s obvious. I gave them.”