Cosby accuser also testified against Marv Albert
TRENTON, N.J. — A woman who said Friday Bill Cosby had drugged her and sexually assaulted her in 1979 also accused another famous man of attempted sexual assault: sportscaster Marv Albert, who pleaded guilty to assault and battery the day after her surprise testimony against him.
P.J. Masten said in an interview with CNN she woke up naked and bruised in a bed with Cosby in Chicago after he gave her an alcoholic drink and she believes she was raped. She discussed the details of her allegations against Cosby in an interview with The Associated Press.
Masten was a surprise witness against Albert in his 1997 trial, testifying he bit her and tried to force her to perform oral sex in a Dallas hotel room in 1994 while he was wearing women’s panties and a garter. Masten said she escaped by pulling off Albert’s toupee.
Albert was originally charged with assault and sodomy after a longtime lover claimed he bit and attacked her in a hotel room.
He pleaded guilty to the lesser charges.
Albert maintained after the trial that Masten’s accusations were a “complete fabrication.” He said in a November 1997 interview with Barbara Walters on ABC’s “20/20” that he had a hair stylist ready to testify he was wearing a hair weave that would not have come off.
He said in the TV interview that he did not have a sexual relationship with Masten, who was then a VIP representative for the Hyatt hotel chain.
