Bill Cosby's admission under oath in 2005 that he obtained quaaludes to give to young women with whom he wanted to have sex came during a lawsuit brought by a former Temple University employee. 
 
 The home of entertainer Bill Cosby is seen on Monday, July 6, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa., outside Philadelphia. A former Temple University employee says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Cosby... (Associated Press) 
 
 Here's a guide to that case and how court documents containing the admission came to be unsealed 10 years after Cosby made the statement under questioning from a lawyer for the ex-Temple employee. 
 
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 ANDREA CONSTAND 
 
 Former Temple University basketball operations director Andrea Constand contacted police in January 2005 to say she had been drugged and molested at Cosby's home near Philadelphia a year earlier. She knew Cosby through his frequent appearances at and advocacy for his alma mater. She said the encounter occurred after she attended a dinner at his home, where she had gone to get career advice. She said Cosby gave her what she thought were herbal pills for stress but she woke up with her clothes disheveled and a memory of being molested. 
 
 A year later, Constand and her mother wanted an apology from Cosby and wanted to know what was in the blue pills he gave her, according to the unsealed documents. Local prosecutors declined to bring charges, saying there was not enough evidence given the year it took for Constand to come forward. Constand then sued Cosby. The case was settled before trial in 2006, with both sides agreeing to a strict confidentiality clause that prevents them from discussing it. Cosby had called any sexual contact consensual, Constand's lawyer said in the unsealed documents. 
 
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 OTHER ACCUSERS 
 
 About a dozen women came forward to support Constand's lawsuit and agree to testify on her behalf before the lawsuit was settled. In the years since, the number continues to climb. Many of these women were in or were pursuing work in the entertainment industry and tell similar tales of being drugged and molested by Cosby. Cosby, through his agents, had at least one woman's story spiked in a tabloid newspaper and denied others. Three of the women are now suing him for defamation in Massachusetts, saying the denials branded them liars. None of the allegations has been recent enough to be considered for possible criminal charges given various statutes of limitations. 
 
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 UNSEALING OF COURT DOCUMENTS 
 
 U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno agreed on Monday with a request by The Associated Press to unseal court documents from Constand's civil sex-assault lawsuit. Documents that included excerpts of Cosby's statements, given during questioning by Constand's attorney, were temporarily sealed at the time. The AP tried and failed to get them unsealed after the case was settled in 2006. In renewing its request, the AP this year cited local court rules requiring they be unsealed unless Cosby could show just cause. Cosby's lawyer argued the documents would cause him "terrible embarrassment" because they included references to his marriage, sex life and prescription drug use. However, the judge found it was in the public interest to compare Cosby's testimony to the "public moralizing" he has done on issues including family life, education and crime. 
 
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 COSBY'S TESTIMONY 
 
 The documents unsealed Monday include only small portions of Cosby's September 2005 deposition testimony. The deposition has never been filed in court or made public. Constand's lawyer, Dolores M. Troiani, accused Cosby's lawyers of interfering to the point of nearly shutting down the deposition, a session the judge this week characterized as "vigorous verbal combat." 
 
 The documents revealed Troiani's attempts to question Cosby about his use of quaaludes and whether he obtained them to have sex with young women. He said he had and said he had given the drug to a 19-year-old woman in Las Vegas before they had sex. He also said he had given it to other people. ||||| 
 
 From left, co-hosts Nicolle Wallace, Raven-Symoné, Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie Perez on the set of “The View.” (Lou Rocco/ABC) 
 
 Whoopi Goldberg has refused to condemn Bill Cosby, even after newly unsealed court documents released yesterday revealed that Cosby admitted that he intended to give drugs to young women with whom he wanted to have sex. 
 
 Cosby made the admission of using Quaaludes and Benadryl to drug women in sworn testimony. 
 
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 “I say this because this is my opinion, and in America still, I know it’s a shock, but you actually were innocent until proven guilty,” Goldberg said. “He has not been proven a rapist.” 
 
 Goldberg began to talk and said “as a former Quaalude user,” but was cut off by another member of the panel before she could finish her thought. 
 
 “I’m sorry, the ’80s were …” Goldberg trailed off, smiled and shrugged. 
 
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 “Well, they weren’t fun for everybody, clearly,” she continued. “But I think, again, we’ll see what happens as more information comes out. People can make judgments. I don’t like snap judgments ’cause I’ve had snap judgments made on me, so I’m very, very careful. Save your texts, save your nasty comments. I don’t care.” 
 
 New documents show Bill Cosby admitted to giving quaaludes to at least one woman, before sex. The sexual assault allegations he faces have impacted his career and image. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) 
 
 When guest host Michelle Collins ask what the motivation could be for 40 women to come forward alleging that they’d been assaulted by Cosby, Goldberg responded, “What’s the motivation? What was the motivation for an entire party to decide that I was a rotten person? I’m sorry. When somebody ruins your reputation, it’s the same thing. And no one asked me if it was true, they just said it. That’s why I don’t snap to judgment and again, save it.” 
 
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 But Goldberg’s argument that Cosby is innocent until proven guilty has some holes, namely that for many of the women who accused Cosby of assault, the statute of limitations has passed. 
 
 Chloe Goins, the woman who accused Cosby of drugging her in front of Hugh Hefner at a Playboy mansion party, may be one of the few women left who may be able to seek justice in criminal court against Cosby. 
 
 Judy Huth, who also alleged that Cosby assaulted her when she was 15 years old, filed a civil suit last year alleging Cosby molested her at the Playboy mansion. 
 
 Many slammed Goldberg for the way she questioned Beverly Johnson on “The View” in December after the model came forward with a first-person account of how Cosby allegedly tried to drug her. 
 
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 Goldberg’s queries were peppered with doubt. She questioned whether Johnson was worried about the content of the drugs Cosby had given her and why Johnson didn’t tell her doorman what happened to her once she fled Cosby’s house in a cab and was safely home. 
 
 “If you knew that you had been drugged, were you worried about what you might have ingested?” Goldberg asked. 
 
 “At that point, I was more struggling to stay conscious,” Johnson replied. “At that point, you’re not thinking about anything except for what I just told you and then you pass out.” 
 
 At the time, both Cosby and his daughter Evin Cosby shared their gratitude for Goldberg on social media. 
 
 Evin posted screenshots of her Twitter timeline with retweeted reactions to Goldberg’s interview with Johnson on “The View.” 
 
 This isn’t the first time Goldberg has publicly doubted rape survivors. She famously defended Roman Polanski after he was jailed for drugging and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. (Polanski gave her a Quaalude). 
 
 “I know it wasn’t rape-rape,” Goldberg said. “It was something else but I don’t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and when they let him out he was like, ‘You know what, this guy’s going to give me a hundred years in jail. I’m not staying.’ So that’s why he left.” 
 
 Co-host Raven-Symoné, who played Olivia on the “Cosby Show” refused to outright condemn Cosby as well. 
 
 “I don’t like to talk about it that much, because he’s the reason I’m on this panel in the first place, he gave me my first job,” she said. “At the same time, you need the proof. Then I’ll be able to give my judgment here or there.” 
 
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 The woman whose lawsuit led a federal judge Monday to unseal a 2005 deposition in which Bill Cosby testified that he gave a woman drugs before sex may ask the judge to unseal all of Cosby's testimony, sources told NBC News on Tuesday. 
 
 Dolores Troiani, the attorney for the main plaintiff in the suit — which was dismissed in 2006 — is making contact with 13 other women in the case to make sure they're OK with the request to release the full deposition, the sources said. 
 
 Cosby's lawyers had fought to keep the documents secret, saying they would be "terribly embarrassing." 
 
 More than a dozen women have accused Cosby since then of having sexually assaulted them. Cosby, 77, who has never been charged with a crime, denies the allegations and is trying to get several court cases thrown out. 
 
 But documents unsealed Monday in Pennsylvania showed that Cosby admitted in the 2005 deposition that he obtained prescriptions of the powerful sedative methaqualone, better known by the brand name Quaalude, to give to women he wanted to have sex with. 
 
 JUST IN: Disney confirms removal of Bill Cosby bust from Hall of Fame Plaza @ Hollywood Studios park tonight @WESH pic.twitter.com/HnaaHEPvTH — Chris Hush (@ChrisHushWESH) July 8, 2015 
 
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 Cosby recounted one encounter in the 1970s in Las Vegas with a woman whose name was redacted in the document: "She meets me back stage. I give her Quaaludes. We then have sex." 
 
 The documents were unsealed after a victorious court fight by The Associated Press. U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno said Monday he granted the AP's request because of the disconnect between Cosby's upright public persona and the serious allegations against him. 
 
 Related: Judge Explains Why He Unsealed Bill Cosby Court Documents ||||| On Monday, court documents were released revealing that, during a deposition made in 2005, Bill Cosby had admitted to obtaining Quaaludes for the purpose of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with. 
 
 It was a shocking development that came after months of sexual assault accusations made by over two dozen women. 
 
 
 
 Now, a number of celebrities – some of whom had defended Cosby these last few months and others who have been vocal critics -- are taking to Twitter to share their shock and indignation. 
 
 WATCH: Bill Cosby Admitted to Obtaining Quaaludes to Give to 'Young Women' in 2005 
 
 Former Cosby supporter Jill Scott shared several messages, explaining her disappointment with the news, saying she is "completely disgusted." 
 
 About Bill Cosby. Sadly his own testimony offers PROOF of terrible deeds, which is ALL I have ever required to believe the accusations. — ⭐Jill Scott⭐ (@missjillscott) July 6, 2015 
 
 But Scott wasn't the only one to voice her thoughts on the developments. 
 
 One critic who has stood strongly against the 77-year-old comic is filmmaker Judd Apatow, who wrote on Twitter, "It's a very sad situation. Now can we all stand up and support the victims? Will silence continue?" 
 
 It's a very sad situation. Now can we all stand up and support the victims? Will silence continue? https://t.co/0tfYB5rb7p — Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) July 6, 2015 
 
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 Apatow also spoke with Esquire about the revelation, saying, "I don't think there is anything new here. It is only new to people who didn't believe an enormous amount of women who stated clearly that he drugged them. We shouldn't need Bill Cosby to admit it to believe forty people who were victimized by him. I am sure there are many victims who have not come forward. Maybe now more people in show business and all around our country will stand up and tell the people he attacked that we support you and believe you. I also hope Camille Cosby and Phylicia Rashad will now stand with the victims and not with their attacker." 
 
 A rep for Cosby released a statement to ABC News regarding the court documents, saying ,"The only reason Mr. Cosby settled was because it would have been embarrassing in those days to put all those women on the stand and his family had no clue. That would have been very hurtful." 
 
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 Cosby has also never been criminally charged and most of the accusations are barred by statutes of limitations. Through representatives, Cosby has repeatedly denied that the allegations are true. 
 
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– The bombshell testimony in which Bill Cosby admitted to drugging women before having sex with them might not be the last we hear from the comedian in regards to the sex-assault case. A lawyer for the plaintiff in the lawsuit—which was settled before trial in 2006—says she may ask the judge to release all of Cosby's testimony related to the suit, NBC News reports. Sources say Dolores Troiani, representing former Temple University employee Andrea Constand, is reaching out to 13 other women in the case for their approval before requesting the judge unseal the full 2005 deposition. The AP confirms that the documents that were unsealed Monday following its request "include only small portions of Cosby's September 2005 deposition testimony." It notes the deposition was never filed in court. While at least one celeb has done an about-face on Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg says Cosby is "innocent until proven guilty," per the Washington Post. "He has not been proven a rapist." However, a bronze statue of the comedian was removed from Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios after closing yesterday. A niece of one of Cosby's alleged victims started a petition seven months ago calling on Disney to remove the bust from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza, reports WESH. It had been signed by about 250 supporters. "To not be able to walk through Disney without having that difficult encounter, it makes me sad," the woman says. "Like, wow, this person hurt a family member of mine." Disney didn't say why the bust was removed.