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" Two more women have come forward with to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, bringing the count of women with claims against him to over 40.\u00A0 The two women now publicly\u00A0sharing their experiences with Bill Cosby are Lili Bernard, a former actress on The Cosby Show, and Sammie Mays, a writer. The two women held a press conference in New York on Friday, both claiming to have been drugged and sexually assaulted by Cosby. Lili, who appeared in an episode of the final season of The Cosby Show as Mrs Minifield, says she was drugged and raped by Cosby in the 90s, while he was &amp;#039;mentoring&amp;#039; her for the show. &amp;quot;After he had won my complete trust and adoration he drugged me and raped me,&amp;quot; said Bernard on Friday. Bernard says that, following the rape, Cosby threatened her, telling her: &amp;quot;As far as I&amp;#039;m concerned, Bernard, you&amp;#039;re dead.[...]\u00A0You don&amp;#039;t exist. I never want to see your face again.&amp;quot; After the assault, Bernard became suicidal, and says she still suffers panic attacks.\u00A0 &amp;quot;I am coming forward to show my 6-year-old daughter to stand in truth,&amp;quot; said Bernard. &amp;quot;I stand here to take back my power and to confront the fear that has paralysed me for so many years.&amp;quot; Sammie Mays, a writer, shared a similar experience to many of the other women accusing Cosby. She says that she met Cosby in the mid-80s, and that after asking him for an interview, she was invited back to his hotel room. There, Mays alleges that Cosby made her a drink. &amp;quot;The next thing I remember when I awoke, from my state of unconsciousness I seemed to have been drooling,&amp;quot; she says, &amp;quot;and was sloppily slouched in the chair with barely the edge of my bottom in it.&amp;quot; Mays claims that when she woke up\u00A0her shirt was unbuttoned, and her bra had been unhooked,\u00A0rehooked, and slid to one side. &amp;quot;I had been out cold and I could not tell how long. I was discombobulated,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I looked up at Bill Cosby for him to say something, to shed light on what had happened. He had this placid expression on his face like there was no need for any concern.&amp;quot;  \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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