American comedian, Bill Cosby, who is facing accusations of sex abuse, has admitted trying to pay women to keep quiet after having sex with them, New York Times says.
According to the report, Mr Cosby admitted to all of the offences and more over four days of intense questioning a decade ago at a Philadelphia hotel.
Mr Cosby had defended himself in a deposition for a lawsuit filed by a young woman who accused him of drugging and molesting her.
The case was brought by Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University the Philadelphia College with which Mr Cosby was once closely associated.
The accusations against the 78-year-old Cosby have left the career of the once-beloved comedian in tatters.
Cosby has never been criminally charged and most of the allegations exceed the statute of limitations.
However, in January, Cosby’s long time onscreen wife, Phylicia Rashad, came out swinging against the sexual assault allegations dogging her former co-star, saying they are part of an “orchestrated” smear campaign to keep the comedian off television.
She said: “Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV,” she told the Showbiz 411 website. “And it’s worked. All his contracts have been cancelled.”