Beverly Johnson, groundbreaking model, says Bill Cosby drugged her

Beverly Johnson, a groundbreaking model who was the first black woman to be featured on the cover of Vogue magazine, accused Bill Cosby of drugging her during a visit to his home in the 1980s, according to a personal essay Vanity Fair published on Thursday.

In the essay, Johnson said she was reading lines for a small part on “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s when the now-embattled comedian served her a coffee that was spiked with something.

“I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I’d been drugged — and drugged good,” Johnson writes in the essay.

Johnson, who admitted she had used drugs while working as a model, said she began to fight Cosby and curse at him. The comedian became irritated and dragged her from his home, placing her in a taxi.

The two never spoke again, according to Johnson’s essay.

Two dozen women have accused Cosby, who became a national figure for his eponymous sitcom and his role as a spokesman for Jell-O, of sexually assaulting or drugging them, and many of the accusations stretch back decades.