An African-American woman who accused Bill Cosby of rape dating back to the 1980s in November has revealed that her race weighed heavily on her decision to come forward with allegations . In an op-ed published on Friday , former model Jewel Allison claimed Cosby forced himself upon her after inviting her to dinner and slipping something into her wine , which made her ill. She wrote that after other accusers came forward , she was not relieved , but instead terrified . Jewel Allison ( right , next to Cosby ) was a young model when she met Bill Cosby in the late 1980s . She claims that the TV star ( left ) sexually assaulted her at his home during a dinner . 'As an African-American woman , I felt the stakes were even higher . Historic images of black men being vilified en masse as sexually violent sent chills through my body , ' she wrote in the Washington Post . Allison claimed that the night of the dinner party Cosby grabbed her hand and placed it on his genitals . 'That was my sexual assault by this comedian , ' she told the New York Daily News . 'He turned me around and said , `` Let 's get you home '' . At the door , he gave me a very hard embrace and a hard kiss . ' She remembers vomiting in the back seat of a cab on the way home . Cosby invited her over again but she declined . Allison in her modeling days ( pictured left ) and right , more recently . In a recent op-ed with the Washington Post , the former model said that her race weight heavily on her decision to come forward with allegations against Cosby . Speaking about the alleged assault to the Daily News in November , Allison said : 'We may be looking at America 's greatest serial rapist that ever got away with this for the longest amount of time . 'He got away with it because he was hiding behind the image of Cliff Huxtable . ' But in her op-ed with the Post she said that coming forward with her story would help bring down the entertainer , but she 'feared it would undermine the entire African-American community ' . Allison wrote that she did n't come out with her accusations earlier because she did n't want to see 'yet another African-American man vilified in the media ' . She said she did n't know if her loyalty should lie with 'women who were sexually victimized or with black America , which has been systematically victimized ' . About three dozen women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct in incidents dating back to the 1960s . The comedian has denied all claims . Like many in America , she watched The Cosby Show , and saw the Dr Huxtable character as a 'much-needed wholesome model of success ' . The image of who she saw playing the man swiftly changed on the night she claims he raped her . She concludes her essay by explaining that though Cosby was a source of hope for many , 'fictional icons like him should not wield so much power over our collective spirit ' . She adds that though she feared coming forward , 'The only legacy at stake is of one entertainer , not of black manhood , as I once feared ' . Attorneys for Cosby asked a federal court judge on Friday to dismiss a defamation suit filed against the comedian in Massachusetts by three women who said he called them liars when they accused him of sexual assault . About three dozen women have accused Cosby , 77 , of sexual misconduct in incidents dating back to the 1960s . The comedian has denied all the claims , most of which have seen the statute of limitations run out .
Jewel Allison claimed in November that Allison forced himself on her in 1980s . The former model says that being an African-American woman weighed heavily on her decision to come forward with allegations . She says she did n't want 'another African-American man vilified in the media ' Allison claims , 'The only legacy at stake is of one entertainer , not of black manhood , as I once feared '