Posted on 12/02/2014 1:26:46 PM PST by doug from upland
Bill Cosby may face a class-action lawsuit as several of his alleged victims rally together 8 DAYS AGO NOVEMBER 25, 2014 9:14AM
WHILE it’s unlikely Bill Cosby will face criminal charges over a string of fresh sex assault allegations, one of the women to accuse him has vowed to make him pay.
The now 77-year-old American performer has faced weeks of renewed pressure as shocking revelations about his alleged predatory nature emerge.
A total of 18 women have now come forward with consistent accounts of rape of sexual assault over more than five decades.
FRESH CLAIMS: It’s unlikely Bill Cosby will face a criminal investigation, despite multiple new allegations
LEGACY BROKEN: The secret double life of Bill Cosby Many say they were aspiring young performers when Cosby offered to act as a mentor, but instead drugged and attacked them.
Famed supermodel Janice Dickinson is among the list of women, saying she was attacked in 1982.
Other alleged incidents date back to the 1960s when Cosby’s career was on the rise.
Cosby’s lawyers have staunchly denied all of the claims, while the comic himself has refused to comment during recent interviews.
But the storm has cost him a new TV project and seen re-runs of his famous sitcom shelved. Planned appearances on various chat shows have also been canned.
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True or not, his goose is cooked. Good idea on the clitons though.
If anything, I think this will force Bill to make some kind of confession. I think that’s the whole purpose of this lawsuit.
so, the women are after money....... that makes them whores
Isn’t it interesting how Cosby’s targets are so believable, and “Something should be done...” When it came to Clinton targets, they were deemed not believable, and “Nothing needed to be done...”
I think the Republicans should hit this point for months on end, as Cosby goes through this.
It’s a teaching moment folks.
I would pay to see that.
Cosby has over $400 million — making him prime law-suit bait, regardless of the merits of the case (which can only be proven in a court of law).
The Clinton’s have a net worth in the $200 million range — thus, also making them law-suit bait. The women B.J. raped (yeah, I’m making assumptions — call it an indictment that needs testing in a court of law), and H.R. further victimized, deserve some justice — by which I mean their day in court (rather than in the court of public opinion). Previously, that would not have been possible — both because of the incredible power the Clintons held, and the huge costs of fighting a law suit. Now that the Clinton’s have some big bucks; there should be plenty of trial lawyers, who would be willing to take the case on a contingency basis. That suit may finally be feasible.
At what point would a Statute of limitations come into play?
“so, the women are after money....... that makes them whores”
statements like that make you look like an idiot...
Some states have no statute of limitations for rape, some do.
FORCED “whores,” if the allegations are true. What if one of the accusers was your mother, sister, daughter, or wife?
statute of limitations
I am not a lawyer, but I this the statute of limitations apply (depending on the charge) to criminal charges, not civil ones.
Good question (meaning: I don’t know the answer).
If the alleged Cosby transgressions are still actionable — then, I just assumed that the Clinton’s alleged evil acts would be too. They all occurred in about the same time frame.
Cosby has money. That is what this is all about.
You make a good point about the statute of limitations applying to criminal charges. I would suspect that all states have time limits for filing civil suit for monetary damages. While those time limits may not start running until knowledge of the damage is know, it would be hard for any of the potential litigants to prove they were not aware of the harm.
Statute of limitations in civil suits in California is generally three years.
I suspect if someone drugged and raped me, I would want some kind of retribution. It would not make me a “whore”. If I agreed to have sex with someone for money, THAT would make me a whore.
What else can he give them for what he has done, assuming it’s true. An apology is a good start, but the reason we have money passed is because it’s something of value that you can use to repay someone you’ve harmed. Simple as that. He can’t undo what he has done, so he has to do something for them.
What would you suggest?
Most states (I’m a Texas atty) have a 2-year statute of limitations for torts. Some have a discovery rule, some don’t; but you’re right: it would be exceedingly difficult for any of these women to not discover she had been raped for 18-25 years after the event, even with a date-rape drug scenario.
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