US comedian Bill Cosby admitted to obtaining sedative drugs with the intent of giving them to women in order to have sex with them, according to court documents from 2005.
According to files obtained by the Associated Press News Agency, Mr Cosby made the admission in a sex abuse civil case brought by a woman.
In his 2005 testimony, Cosby admitted that he obtained Quaaludes in the 1970s, with the intent of giving it to women he wanted to have sex with.
During the deposition he was asked: "When you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?"
Cosby replied: "Yes."
The documents were released when a judge from Pennsylvania unsealed the court filings in a case brought against Cosby by Andrea Constand.
Constand was the first woman to publicly accuse Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her. During the deposition Cosby also admitted to having offered Constand's mother money to put towards her education following the alleged assault.
Best known for his role as family doctor Cliff Huxtable on the hit television show The Cosby Show, the 77-year-old comedian is facing a number of allegations dating back to the 1970s.
Cosby has denied all claims and has never been criminally charged.
