This is from the Dec. 18, 2006 issue of People magazine.
“What Cosby never mentioned was the civil lawsuit he settled just two days earlier with Andrea Constand, 32, a former Temple University employee who claimed Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Philadelphia-area mansion in 2004. Constand’s lawyers Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz ended up with 13 witnesses, most referred to in court documents as “Jane Does,” who came forward voluntarily with strikingly similar claims of drugging and or abuse by Cosby. Terms of the settlement, reached before any of the women could testify, were not disclosed.”
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20059561,00.html
I believe he is guilty.
Most of the women were too self interested to catch him ... Not even getting a rape test.
But because the women were dumber than rocks does not mean he’s innocent.
Repeating a lie doesn’t make it the truth.
Nor does finding 13 “witnesses” to repeat the same lie.
Reporting a “crime” 45 years later certainly minimizes credibility.
Regarding the case you cited, the prosecutor couldn’t find enough evidence to charge Cosby. As for the monetary settlement, there is the complicated issue of public image and legal costs. Settlement doesn’t imply guilt.