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    Bill Cosby's Accuser Takes The Stand In Sexual Assault Trial

    Andrea Constand described Cosby drugging and assaulting her at his home in 2004. "They're your friends. They'll take the edge off," Cosby allegedly told her while giving her the pills.
    by Laurel Wamsley Jun 06, 2017 2 minutes
    Andrea Constand walks to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., on Tuesday. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. / MATT ROURKE / Getty Images

    Andrea Constand has said Bill Cosby drugged and assaulted her in 2004 while she was working for Temple University's women's basketball team. On Tuesday, in a Pennsylvania courtroom, she told her story publicly for the first time.

    "In my head, I was trying to get my hands to move or my legs to move, but. "I wasn't able to fight in any way. ... I wanted it to stop."

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