On July 6, the Associated Press reported that Bill Cosby testified in 2005 he had obtained Quaaludes to drug young women and had indeed dosed at least one woman. This admission, from a lawsuit that was settled in 2006, should move the Cosby controversy forward in a major way. Certain aspects of it just can’t be controversial anymore. Since Cosby’s alleged practices of drugging women with sexual intentions came under new scrutiny last year—thanks in part to a Hannibal Buress comedy routine—there’s been an easy out for any of the comedian’s defenders.