dr. huxtable -- dr. emember something warm up my leg and i -- and i was passed out and i woke up to him saying, "daddy said, wake up, daddy said, wake up." put about $1,500 on the dresser. i thought i was going to be on "the cosby show," i thought he was going to help me. and he didn't help me, he hurt me. he made me feel like nobody. i felt like nothing. who's going to believe me? i'm just a high school student. >> reporter: later in her life, chelan had run-ins with the law. she says the experience with cosby changed the course of her life. >> i hate that i met him. my life changed when i met him for the worse. you know, i've got a piece of my soul back, but it took a long time. >> the really big bucks are in show business. bill cosby is the biggest, an estimated $57 million this year. >> reporter: by the late 1980s, cosby was a powerhouse brand. "forbes" magazine rates him the highest paid celebrity in america, making millions from television commercials, stand-up shows and best-selling books. >> bill

dr. huxtable a role model in their community a man innocent until proven guilty. >> i'm disappoints, it's so much a circus. >> every time he tried to -- you get a black guy of prestige -- you everybody wants to break him down i don't know what it is. >> but prosecutors say the evidence is overwhelming and the comedian's own statements is helping to fuel the charges he now faces. in his statement a decade ago admitted to giving quaaludes to women to have sex with them. quaaludes are a powerful sedative. glorwhy all red represents more than two dozen of those women and was a spectator in court. >> i don't think mr. cosby was thrilled that his own interview with the police was admitted into evidence. because some of what he said could be quite damming. >> we should point out that despite the allegations, cosby has never been convicted of a sex crime but as of today he will go to trial on such a charge. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our coverage of the cosby hearing continues at 6abc.com, you'll find more details about the case and a photo gallery of images from to

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dr. huxtable, that's what we put our faith in. that's what we thought the man was.fense, it feels almost hollywood in nature. they are shaming and using the media to -- they call her the complainant, they don't use her name. they do as much as possible to say that, oh, there were gifts. it was consensual. if you are drugged and someone takes your power to say no, i don't care if she walked in that room with every expectation of having sex with bill cosby. if he took her ability to say no away, then, yeah, he's a rapist. and i don't think it should be this difficult for people to understand or the court of public opinion. as i said, what they're doing is a smear campaign. i mean this is hollywood at its finest. >> this is pretty typical defense tactics. >> it's absolutely typical. whenever someone is charged with rape, we often there was consensual relationship between the parties. i have to disagree. of course there are a lot of people who believe bill cosby is guilty and they believe it because of the 40-plus, almost 50 women that have come forward. but our crimina