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Yeah, that's the thing about women. They never lie.

I've practiced law for many years, and the depths to which people will sink to gain a little advantage in a lawsuit where even a small amount of money is involved never ceases to amaze me.

Cosby is a rich man. An allegation has been made. There's a target on his back. Every greedy lying b*tch he's ever met will be tempted to pile on.

People really can be filthy, greedy animals.

And I hate to say this, but women really are the worst. They see a man with money and an opportunity to separate him from it and it's like they can't help themselves.

I've practiced law for many years, and the depths to which people will sink to gain a little advantage in a lawsuit where even a small amount of money is involved never ceases to amaze me.

Yep, I understand what you say. Divorced when my son was 11 years old. I could not see him except under restricted conditions, because I was "a danger to him and his mother." I went through hell for 2 years until he was 13 years old and could then speak in court and his word be considered by the judge. She did not contest and just signed the papers. She totally destroyed her relationship with our son.

It only cost me everything that I had and more. It was the best damn bargain I made in my life.

That was 26 years ago. Life is good for my son and I. I actually feel sorrow for her now. That took a long time.

Thank you for your post. I’m assuming that you are a lawyer (?) and while I don’t agree entirely with your sentiments or the way that you express them, it’s good to hear from someone with a legal background on this issue.

I’ve been ‘lectured’ on another thread, for insisting that we need proof of these allegations before declaring an opinion.

For decades now, men have been trying to function in a very confusing cultural/socio-political atmosphere where any woman can simply point a finger, make an accusation, and ruin a life. It doesn’t matter if there is any truth to it: the damage is done simply by the allegation, and the rush-to-judgement of the public.

I’ve seen it happen to an acquaintance, as long as twenty years ago, during a nasty divorce. The man had no defense; because, as Clarence Thomas famously said, one “can’t prove a negative”; and everything was ‘loaded’ on the side of the woman, given the squishy fashion of ‘feminism’ at the time.

I don’t know if Cosby actually perpetrated these things, or not. But I want some kind of legal process before destroying him. It really disturbs me that he’s already been “hung” in the minds of so many people - and I don’t care about ‘anecdotal evidence’.

Most people are pretty decent; and they can’t imagine themselves in a situation where, though completely innocent, someone might want to ‘bring them down’ (who knows why?) and a ‘piling-on’ take place, as we are seeing now.

I wasn’t there; I don’t know what happened. (I also wasn’t in Ferguson, MO; so I’m waiting on the Grand Jury - because I still believe that we are a nation of law, and not of men and their opinions.)

I also know that a man can be very wrong in one area of life, and his mistakes might be ballooned out of all proportion; but at the same time he may be very right in another area of life.

I believe that Cosby has alienated certain quarters in recent years; and thinking of all of these aspects together, causes me to pause, before I judge.

(And lawyers can be pretty nasty, too: one once told me that some of the bottom-feeding lawyers actually encourage sexual misconduct allegations as an advantage in divorce cases...)

-JT