Cosby accuser Eden Tirl speaks out: ‘I didn't wait to come forward’
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Cosby accuser Eden Tirl speaks out: ‘I didn’t wait to come forward’
During a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, attorney Gloria Allred brought forth three more alleged victims of Bill Cosby, who each shared disturbing details of their alleged encounters with the comedian. Eden Tirl, a former actress who guest-starred as a police officer on “The Cosby Show” in 1989, said she was pulled off the set during a taping of the show and groped by the 78-year-old actor inside his dressing room. Her remarks in an exclusive interview with Yahoo News and Finance anchor Bianna Golodryga were her first since going public with her claims.
I didn’t wait to come forward. I said something while I was working on the show, and I wasn’t helped.
Eden Tirl to Yahoo News anchor Bianna Golodryga
Lawyers for the 78-year-old comedian have long denied such allegations, and he has never been criminally charged. Tirl is one of more than 40 women to allege they were drugged, sexually assaulted or sexually harassed by Cosby. Last month, New York magazine published an explosive cover story featuring 35 of Cosby’s accusers, whose stories are remarkably similar. Previous allegations of sexual assault against Cosby — and his reputation as a womanizer — were largely ignored. But last fall, a clip of comedian Hannibal Buress talking about the accusations onstage went viral, igniting a firestorm Cosby had successfully avoided for more than a decade.
There will be more coming forward.
Gloria Allred
