Bill Cosby is facing allegations of assault and sexual misconduct by many women. Here, a man recalls rescuing a female friend from the comedian’s New York brownstone in 1984.

Tony Hogue banged furiously on the front door of Bill Cosby’s Upper East Side brownstone. Every so often he shouted out and kicked the door, calling the name of his friend, a 23-year-old woman who he believed was groggy, terrified and possibly trapped inside, too dazed and confused to extricate herself.