Jennifer K.
"Kaya" Thompson, the onetime Jane Doe No. 2, is coming forward to
back those women and 35 others who've made claims against Bill Cosby; she told
People magazine.
The Florida woman previously shared her story anonymously now reveal her identity for the first time.
The Florida woman previously shared her story anonymously now reveal her identity for the first time.
"It's come to my
understanding that there's greater credibility for my testimony with a full
name and an image. I am so very grateful
for the Jane Doe who came before me in the lawsuit 10 years ago," she
continues. "At that time, to hear another woman's support of one of
Cosby's victims by thread mission of her own story was beyond affirming and I felt
that a cloud that was above me began to lift off. "My mother and I were very eager to give
our support via testimony at that time however, not to the general public. I
was not quite strong enough then.
She described a last
encounter with Cosby at his New York City home in the late 1980s during which
she said, "he knew on some level that I was probably ready to give
in."
"He put his leg
between my two legs, but I wasn't excited. But I knew that that was the point –
I had to get him excited. ...The whole thing was like I just knew that I gave
him a hand job."
Cosby told her where to
find lotion in the house, she claims, and she got it. "I'm like a robot,
and that is what I became, and that is what I did for him," she said,
adding that before leaving, Cosby gave her $700.
"Every time the story
comes up I feel a little bit more alive, like maybe one day this will be common
knowledge and I won't have to be undercover anymore about this part of my
life."
What changed to make her
share her full identity now?
"Time," she says.
"I decided to speak my truth. I would rather go to bed at night knowing
that I've been honest."
She also says she has young
nieces who are enamoured of Hollywood, and she wants them to understand the
downside of celebrity worship.
"There was a time when he made me
laugh," she says of Cosby the entertainer. "I was raised listening to
his albums."
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