link: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bill-cosby-scandal/judge-explains-why-he-unsealed-bill-cosby-court-documents-n387861

"A federal judge said one of the reasons he unsealed court documents in which Bill Cosby admits he gave a woman drugs before sex is because of the disconnect between the comedian's upright public persona and the serious allegations against him.

"The stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct is a matter as to which the AP — and by extension the public — has a significant interest," Judge Eduardo Robreno wrote in a memorandum Monday. The documents were released after a request from The Associated Press.

Cosby said in a 2005 legal deposition that he had obtained prescriptions of a powerful sedative to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex, according to the documents. His testimony was part of a civil suit involving a woman who accused him of drugging her and sexually assaulting her.

The actor was not charged in connection with these claims and the case was dismissed in 2006."

as I understand it, the whole thing jumped off when Cosby violated parts of the confidentiality agreement (as part of the Constand civil case in the 00s) with his response to all of the allegations. Constand and her lawyer filed a motion to get that unsealed as part of that.

there was also the district attorney's race in Montgomery County PA, in which the Cosby matter was used to highlight the incumbent (Bruce Castor) as unsuited for the job. Castor lost and that further expedited things.

a whole lottery of "unusual events" had to occur before Cosby was even charged.

* - this term is often used derisively from those on the right toward judges with a slant toward social justice. here it applies, because the rich and famous are almost NEVER even confronted in legal matters such as these and certainly not on the grounds by which this was done. moving to unseal the documents because Cosby is a moralizing hypocrite is a move of questionable -legality-, even if I agree with the end result.