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>> yes. and he felt very embarrassed. >> reporter: andrea decided to make her own call to the local police. canadian detectives interviewed her, then contacted the authorities in pennsylvania where cosby lived. they opened an investigation. and that made news. >> bill cosby is the focus of a police investigation near philadelphia. p it stems from an allegation -- >> did you understand, andrea, how public this all might get at that point? >> yes. i -- >> were you scared? >> i was. yes. and it sunk in more and more as the days passed. >> reporter: andrea's mom was worried too, and wanted to prot...

On, and i'd say to him, "do you think something's wrong with her?" and so it was like both of us where something's not right. >> reporter: andrea insisted nothing was wrong. then one morning about a year after cosby assaulted her an emotional dam broke. >> i woke up and i had a bad dream. and that dream was that mr. cosby would do this to somebody else if i did not say or tell someone. so i woke up crying, and i said, "mom, mr. cosby drugged me and he sexually violated me." and she was so caught off guard. >> "mom." she said, "he's a [ bleep ]." and i said, "andrea, who are you talking about?"...

>> i forgave bill cosby for what he did to me. i forgive him. it's been many, many years. and if i did not forgive him, i wouldn't have peace. and i sit here today and i have my peace. >> reporter: and a new purpose. the last 14 years have changed andrea -- and the world around her. she's okay with that. in fact, she embraces it. >> do you consider yourself part of what everybody calls the #metoo movement, the moment that we're having in this culture? >> well, i think, yes, but i'm just proud of everything that has unfolded in the past couple a years, especially the past year. because we will ...

>> underestimated. >> you were underestimated. >> absolutely. >> reporter: andrea's lawyers had lots of questions for cosby. and because thiswas a civil case, the comedian was forced to sit for a deposition. >> can you describe what happened when you walked in the room? >> well, it was four days, and each day, he had at least four male lawyers there. >> was he confident? >> well, he was arrogant. there was one part, that he uses to explain how, in his mind, women don't need to verbalize their consent because, you know, he just knows. and -- and it was -- very -- it -- it was disgusting. >> rep...

Lawyers went after her. >> the defense painted a picture, andrea, of you giving inconsistent statements to different police agencies, saying different things at different times. >> well, that's fair. and understandably so. going through that kind of traumatic situation is very difficult. and the one thing that i've remained consistent of is what he did to me that night. it will never go away. it's stuck in my brain for the rest of my life. >> your story on that has never changed. >> no. >> reporter: the defense argued that andrea was a con artist who preyed on a lonely man. >> that was despica...