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I first covered Cosby’s accusers in 2005. Why’d it take so long for America to believe them?

  • Nicole Weisensee Egan
  • Jan 14, 2020
  • 1 min read

Andrea Constand first went to police in her native Canada saying Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her 15 years ago this week.

I’ll never forget the day I first learned about it.

It was Jan. 20, 2005, a Thursday, just after 5 p.m. I was a crime investigative writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, and the local NBC affiliate had just aired a story about it.

So my boss assigned it to me. CLICK FOR MORE

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