Cosby faces string of allegations in court case

Prosecutors are rallying from a blistering defence attack on Bill Cosby’s chief accuser with a parade of women who say the comedian drugged and attacked them long before he met Andrea Constand.

The first of the five women, Heidi Thomas, was due to return to the witness stand yesterday after telling jurors that Cosby knocked her out with wine and forced her to perform oral sex in Reno, Nevada, in 1984. Thomas, who was a 24-year-old aspiring actress, said her agent had arranged for Cosby to give her acting tips and that Cosby gave her the wine as they rehearsed a scene. She said she remembered she felt sick and wondered: “How did I get here?” Prosecutors are lining up the accusers to make the case that Cosby was a big Hollywood predator.