Carla Ferrigno, in an exclusive
interview with MailOnline, says she was just still in her teens but over
18 when Cosby tried to sexually assault her
Carla Ferrigno, wife of The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, has revealed that Bill Cosby used a 'friend' to pick her up and arrange for her to meet the star.After a night out with Cosby and his wife Camille, they went to Cosby's home in Los Angeles where Camille retired, her date left the room and Cosby tried to have his way with her.
Carla
Ferrigno, in an exclusive interview with MailOnline, says she was still
in her teens when Cosby tried to sexually assault her.
What did Camille know? She was out with Carla, her 'date,' and Bill and knew she was in the house when she retired for the night
Lou Ferrigno played The Incredible Hulk on TV from 1977 to 1982
'What
happened is I was Kentucky on vacation to see my family. I got back to
LAX [airport] and this man maybe 30s, he came over to me and said he
would love to have my phone number and take me to dinner sometime.'
This was in 1967 and Carla was a Playboy Bunny in Los Angeles working at the Playboy Club.
'I was used to that. So I said ok,' she said.
'He
called me about a week later and we went to dinner. We had a very nice
time. Very nice man. And then he said to me after dinner, "My close
friend is Bill Cosby and I was wondering if you might want to go to his
house."
I said, "sure", so I went over there with him. His wife was there.
'And he was there. Camille. I can't remember anyone's name anymore, but I remember hers. I will never forget her.
'We were there not even 10 minutes there and Bill suggested we go the movies.
'He talked to me a lot at the movies. I was uncomfortable with that because his wife was there. But he was funny. He was fun.
'So
it was suggested we go back to his house to play some pool. And I loved
that idea. I was the pool bunny at the Playboy Club. I was very good at
pool.
'I grew up with my mom in a bar that she owned so I was playing pool at seven. I was pretty good'
She and her date and Bill started to play pool and in the middle of the game, she looks up and asked where Camille was.
Bodybuilder Lou works out with Carla Green i
'She's probably gone to bed,' Cosby told her.
'Things
are starting to feel odd now. I'm from the South and you always say
good night to your guests so I asked, "Why didn't she say goodnight?"'
'He
said she was probably tired so I kept watching them play. And then Bill
won, so Bill and I played. And pretty soon I noticed that the guy
disappeared and I asked where he went,
'He told me 'probably to the bathroom'.
'Things
really seemed odder now. We kept playing. Bill beat me. And just as I
was ready to put the pool cue down he came forward at me. I thought he
was reaching for the pool cue. But he came at me and grabbed me in such a
powerful way. Grabbing me.
I had never been treated so roughly and he pulled me hard to him, so hard.
'He
was much bigger than me. Much bigger and he pulled me so hard and so
rough. I had never been treated so roughly and he pulled me hard to him
so hard.
'And then kissed me so hard, right in the mouth. No one has ever been that physically violent with me.
'I
was stunned. I was frozen. I took all my body strength and used both of
my arms to stop him and push him away from me. He was so forceful.
'And I said, "What are you doing?'" He just looked at me.
'He said, 'What's your problem?' And I didn't know what to say. I said, 'I've never been kissed by a black man before.'
And he said, "How was it?" And I said,"Just the same."
'He glared at me and in this very mean tone said, 'Obviously it isn't, or you wouldn't have made that comment.'
Bill Cosby's home is vacated as the recent sexual assault allegations against him continue
The couple in 1980 with and their three-month-old baby daughter, Shanna. They have two other children
'I
just ran. I just took off down the hallway, and I saw my friend show up
in the hallway, I knew right then, that he knew, he knew why he was
bringing me here.'
She told him she wanted to go home. They didn't talk about what happened. He took her home and she never saw that man again.
I
want to address every woman in America to come forward so this sort of
thing doesn't happen again. Any woman who was hurt by this man needs to
stand up and speak out. No more. No more.
'Since
then, when I've thought about it, I look back and think, after that
'push' when I pushed him away and he was staring at me, he was
evaluating me.
'He tried to give me drinks.'
She said no and then he asked if she wanted any other kind of drink, and she refused.
'I wasn't one of the vulnerable ones. I wasn't one of the ones he was going to get.
Carla
says she never told her husband about what happened. 'I didn't tell
even him (meaning Lou), eight years ago when that woman came out (
Andrea Constand)
' And
a few years before that, I was at a celebrity event with Lou. We were
all at tables. He (Cosby) was at another table and Lou said he was going
over there to talk and say hi.'
She told him she wasn't going over to say hello to that man.
When
I was reminded when we went to that event, I didn't even tell Lou about
it then. And the last couple days, I'm hearing it on every radio
station and TV and I tell my husband that I have to come forward.
Cosby finally gave some response to
these recent allegations in an interview with the AP on November 6,
saying he had 'no response' and 'no comment'
'To
be set up like this really really made me angry! It was just awful. I
was listening to what he did to those other women and I feel blessed.
'So blessed that he didn't do to me what he did to them. But some of those girls wanted something from him.
'I never wanted anything from him. I was smart to get away. That was smart.'
Lou told Carla he didn't want her to come forward. 'But I do what I want to do,' she told MailOnline
Lou told Carla he didn't want her to come forward.
'But
I do what I want to do. He (Lou) went to Reno to work and I'm here. Lou
said, "I don't think you should do it. It's not good. It's you know,
not safe"
I
said, 'I don't give a f***, This was inside of me my whole life and I
didn't like it. And every time I'd hear his name, I'd cringe.
'I knew he was a creep and nobody else knew he was a creep, so I kept it to myself. It's that simple.
'So
who cares? Why not why tell the truth. I didn't tell even him (Lou),
eight years ago when that woman came out (Andrea Constand).'
'And
I didn't think my husband needed to know. He's a jealous Italian and he
adores me and he always has, and he's not going to stop now.
'I have no reason to do this except my own reason. Bill said he won't talk about it.
'I
want to address every woman in America to come forward so this sort of
thing doesn't happen again. Any woman who was hurt by this man needs to
stand up and speak out against the insanity with the lawyers and the
abuse. No more. No more.
''And
I was a girl. Every since I was a young girl, starting at the age of
five, it was okay. Men were trying to touch me or molest me.
'I
didn't expect all of this. I told my husband, "All I want to do is tell
somebody," and he said "Why?' and I said "I want every one who has been
touched by this man to come forward."
'I'm coming forward. I want to be one of those women. One more nail in the coffin.'
'One more nail so he never does this again to anybody! And I'm going forward. I have nothing to gain by it.
'And guess what? I have nothing to lose from it either, so why not tell the truth?
In an interview on the John and Ken Show, Carla says Cosby lunged at her and forcefully kissed her at a party when she was just a teenager - and his wife was home.
Speaking with MailOnline after the interview, she said, 'I feel so bad for these women. I was the lucky one.'
He responds: This as Cosby has recently said he has 'no comment' about recent rape allegations
'I feel so bad for these women. I was the lucky one.'
She added, 'I mean 'lucky' in that he didn't harm me. It harmed me emotionally all my life but he didn't physically harm me.'
Meanwhile,
Cosby finally gave some response to these recent allegations in an
interview with the AP on November 6, saying he had 'no response' and 'no
comment.'
With his wife Camille by his side, he then asked that that section of the interview not be shown.
Prior
to Serignese's claims, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and supermodel
Janice Dickinson all came forward in the past few weeks to publicly say
they were drugged and raped by Cosby.
Cosby has never been convicted on any of these charges.
These
allegations are already having a major impact on his work however, with
Netflix postponing the airing of his new comedy special, Bill Cosby 77,
which was due to air the day after Thanksgiving, and NBC pulling the
plug on a comedy project they were developing with the Cosby Show star.
Cosby
has also had scheduled appearances on talk shows including The Queen
Latifah Show and Late Night With David Letterman cancelled in the wake
of these allegations.
TV Land has also stopped airing repeats of The Cosby Show.
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