FORMER Playboy bunny Victoria Valentino who accused Bill Cosby of drugging and raping her helped saved a man's life who was shot in Southern California.
Valentino, who once worked as a nurse at a hospice, rushed to the scene and helped treat his wound while the paramedics got there.
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In September 1963, 19-year-old Victoria Valentino was chosen as the Playmate of the Month Credit: Playboy Who is Victoria Valentino?
Victoria Valentino, 77, was raised in Connecticut but moved to California the summer after she graduated from high school.
She joined a folk group and married a man from Cuba, and the couple had a son, Tony, together.
Victoria's husband was an aspiring photographer and took snaps of her to send to Playboy.
In September 1963, the then 19-year-old was chosen as the Playmate of the Month.
She was introduced to the glamorous LA scene, recording an album and auditioning for acting gigs.
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Valentino helped save her neighbor after he was shot near his home Credit: Getty Images - Getty
She returned to Playboy and helped open the original Playboy Club on the Sunset Strip in 1964.
Five years later her son died in a swimming pool accident.
Victoria told the Guardian: "I was dead inside – like someone had taken a dull knife and gutted me."
After she left Playboy, Valentino began working as a hospice respiratory nurse.
On Sunday, she heard what "sounded like firecrackers" outside her home and noticed that her neighbor a few houses down had been shot.
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Valentino compressed her neighbor's leg while the paramedics arrived Credit: Facebook
Valentino immediately ran to assist the man while waiting for paramedics to arrive.
She told TMZ that she found her neighbor turning gray and going into shock after he was shot.
“He was flat on his back with a lot of blood oozing out of his clothes and I lifted up his legs to try to, you know, shove the blood to his heart and brain until the paramedics could get here and take over,” she told ABC 7.
The man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
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Valentino claims Cosby drugged and raped her at his flat when she was young Credit: Getty Images What has she accused Bill Cosby of?
Victoria claims Cosby drugged and raped her at his flat.
Three months later after her son died she was introduced to comedian Cosby through a pal.
The plan was to get a role on his show, I Spy.
Cosby is said to have paid for the Victoria and aspiring actress Meg Foster to spend the day relaxing at a spa before sending a limo to take them to dinner.
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Valentino alleges that Bill Cosby offered her a pill before driving to his house Credit: Refer to Caption
Victoria felt like a third wheel and her and Megan were allegedly offered a red pill by Cosby to make them "feel better".
This caused the women to become lethargic, struggling to keep their heads from bouncing off plates.
The comedian then drove the women to his apartment where he raped Victoria twice as her friend lay unconscious, the then 26-year-old Playboy bunny claims.
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Valentino came forward with her claims against Cosby in 2014 Credit: Facebook
She alleges Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him as Megan lay unconscious.
In November 2014 she came forward with her claims after more than a dozen women reported allegations against the comedian.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror in July 2015, Victoria said: "Cosby ruined my life – he raped me, he made me depressed."
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Almost 60 women have claimed Cosby sexually assaulted them since 2000 Credit: Getty Images
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What was the Bill Cosby trial verdict?
Since 2000, almost 60 women have claimed Cosby sexually assaulted them.
However, as many of the alleged offences are historic, and beyond the statute of limitations for sexual assault, only one case was tried in court.
On April 26, 2018, Cosby was found guilty of the sexual assault of Andrea Constand at a retrial following the collapse of his first case.
The 83-year-old was accused of incapacitating Andrea Constand with blue pills, before molesting her while she drifted in and out of consciousness at his Philadelphia mansion in 2004.
On April 27, Judge Steven O'Neill placed Cosby on house arrest at his Philadelphia mansion, ordering him to be outfitted with a GPS ankle bracelet to monitor compliance.
He served more than two years of a three-to-10-year prison sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia until on June 30, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his sex assault conviction. The court overturned the conviction after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor that prevented him from being charged in the case.
He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse over the 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand.
Cosby's publicist, Andrew Wyatt, told ABC News that he will be picking the actor up from prison on June 30, 2021.
Cosby was released from prison on Wednesday, June 30.
American comedian and TV superstar Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault by jury in Philadelphia