{"id":341509,"date":"2026-02-28T00:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-cosby-rape-accuser-donna-motsinger-says-he-wont-testify-at-trial"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:58:15","slug":"bill-cosby-rape-accuser-donna-motsinger-says-he-wont-testify-at-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-cosby-rape-accuser-donna-motsinger-says-he-wont-testify-at-trial","title":{"rendered":"Invoice Cosby Rape Accuser Donna Motsinger Says He Will not Testify At Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Bill Cosby<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Rape Accuser Says Cosby Won&#8217;t Take Stand At Trial<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-02-27T17:45:59-08:00\"><br \/>\n               February 27, 2026<br \/>\n              5:45 PM PST<\/time><br \/>\n                                   <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-02-27T18:47:20-08:00\"><br \/>\n                 February 27, 2026<br \/>\n                6:47 PM PST<\/time>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-2ca66cdcbf0a312917270d129fb624ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260228_eab0c8f55cd74f3a8a1ed8f858896561\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5c1e0ad3-9572-43ae-9348-97d590252381\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Accuser\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ea\/4by3\/2026\/02\/28\/eab0c8f55cd74f3a8a1ed8f858896561_md.jpg\" alt=\"bill cosby getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2ca66cdcbf0a312917270d129fb624ab--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-14d084f1b44c992431348c40d984b08b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bill-cosby\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Bill Cosby<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s rape accuser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donna-motsinger\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Donna Motsinger<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>says the TV star can&#8217;t be bothered to show up to court for a trial in a lawsuit she filed against him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-14d084f1b44c992431348c40d984b08b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bcf74b73f544ed7674c1a1c7b38373b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ. Motsinger says Bill will not testify in court &#8230; she claims it&#8217;s &#8220;because he does not care to appear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bcf74b73f544ed7674c1a1c7b38373b6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c003736ecd803dbfd9d06ad8f8063073\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230927_dc5c4f22cb9d41309f6e4cf578d68b82\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5c1e0ad3-9572-43ae-9348-97d590252381\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dc\/4by3\/2023\/09\/27\/dc5c4f22cb9d41309f6e4cf578d68b82_md.jpg\" alt=\"Donna Motsinger\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c003736ecd803dbfd9d06ad8f8063073--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2bfb86c9162678009df69c2fca7149ce\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Motsinger says Bill won&#8217;t show his face at the trial either &#8230; and the only time the jury will hear from him will be a previously taped deposition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2bfb86c9162678009df69c2fca7149ce--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-82152af8804015915ce306e70ee9c3a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we previously reported, Motsinger claims Bill drugged and raped her in 1972. In the case, Bill admitted during a deposition that he obtained a recreational prescription for Quaaludes that he secured from a gynecologist at a poker game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-82152af8804015915ce306e70ee9c3a0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dc687d49d273b65e37bfb904434af082\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-26ba9d1c-d3a7-4707-8177-4b95118ab47a-444865711-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-26ba9d1c-d3a7-4707-8177-4b95118ab47a-444865711-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/34\/16by9\/2026\/01\/29\/34e7b0f2c4604b85841f63b349902483_md.png\" alt=\"012826_cosby_live_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dc687d49d273b65e37bfb904434af082--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ac726b4647d2c11355818cb3a1a7ed2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bill also said he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/28\/bill-cosby-did-not-take-his-prescription-quaaludes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>planned to use the pills<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to give to women in the hopes of having sex with them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ac726b4647d2c11355818cb3a1a7ed2b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-84b09cc48e9bf022054a71af7c1c5da7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Motsinger alleged Bill gave her a pill that she thought was aspirin. She claimed she felt off after taking it and said she woke up the next day in her bed with only her underwear on.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-84b09cc48e9bf022054a71af7c1c5da7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-66d62f7378f127c61ef31de9e086c3a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Here, it sounds like Motsinger wants to play the deposition for the jury.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-66d62f7378f127c61ef31de9e086c3a5--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/27\/bill-cosby-wont-testify-trial-rape-accuser-donna-motsinger\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Cosby Rape Accuser Says Cosby Won&#8217;t Take Stand At Trial Published February 27, 2026 5:45 PM PST | Updated February 27, 2026 6:47 PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6171,2480,618,19289,2481,446,6249,2581,1745],"class_list":["post-341509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-accuser","tag-bill-cosby","tag-child-sexual-abuse-in-the-united-states","tag-donna-motsinger","tag-drug-facilitated-sexual-assault","tag-law-crime","tag-overturned-convictions-in-the-united-states","tag-postcivil-rights-era-in-african-american-history","tag-sexual-harassment-in-the-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341511,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341509\/revisions\/341511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}