Bill Cosby Told Cops His Relationship With Accuser Was Consensual

Bill Cosby said in a 2005 interview with police that his relationship with the woman accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her was consensual, and that he feared her mother would try to blackmail him.

Seated alongside his lawyers in court Thursday, Cosby listened to Sergeant Richard Schaffer of the Cheltenham Township Police Department reading the interview, which took place at a lawyer’s office in New York City.

Cosby told police the relationship with Andrea Costand was consensual, and that he and Constand engaged in “petting” — fully clothed kissing and fondling in his Cheltenham home — on three occasions.

In one of the phone calls, which was recorded and played for the jury yesterday, Cosby offers Gianna financial compensation for Andrea’s graduate schooling.