Bill Cosby admitted buying sedatives 'for sex with women'

Court documents from 2005 reveal he intended to give quaaludes to young women he wanted to have sex with

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Comedian Bill Cosby admitted obtaining sedatives during the 1970s with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, court records from a decade ago have revealed.

The files, obtained by the Associated Press after a legal battle, reveal Cosby made the comments during a sex abuse civil case brought by a woman in 2005.

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