Tearful Women Describe Bill Cosby Sex Claims

One woman says she felt dizzy on a night out with Cosby and that he started "getting fresh" before she woke up in her car.

Three more women have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, just a week before the veteran comedian is due to give a sworn deposition over a separate lawsuit.

Sharon Van Ert, Pamela Abeyta and Lisa Christie sobbed as they appeared at a news conference in Los Angeles.

Ms Van Ert said she met Cosby while working as a waitress at a California jazz club in 1976.

She claims Cosby offered to walk her to her car one night before getting into the vehicle with her.

Ms Van Ert said she then blacked out, and later woke up alone, suspecting that Cosby had drugged and assaulted her.

"I felt unusually dizzy," she told reporters. "After a while Mr Cosby started getting fresh. He was touching me and rubbing my leg.

"The next thing I remember I was waking up in my car."

Ms Abeyta said she believes her drink was spiked when she attended a show with Cosby and his friends in 1975.

"I don't remember leaving the dinner show and when I came to I was lying in Bill Cosby's bed," sobbed Ms Abeyta.

Ms Christie said she met Cosby when she was a model and aspiring actress, and he cast her as an extra on The Cosby Show.

She said she viewed him as a father figure and maintained a platonic relationship with him for two years, but then he allegedly attempted to coerce her into sleeping with him.

Cosby has been ordered to give a sworn deposition over a lawsuit brought by another client of celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.

The woman has accused Cosby of sexually abusing her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. She was aged 15 at the time.

Ms Allred said the statute of limitations prevents the three women who have made fresh allegations from taking legal action.

However, she added the women wanted to add their voices to the more than 50 women who have already come forward with similar claims.

"There should be serious consequences for anyone who intentionally harms or endangers the health, safety or life of innocent women and girls," said Ms Allred.