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Defamation suit against Bill Cosby is tossed
United Press International ^
| 01/22/2016
| Shawn Price
Posted on 01/22/2016 3:32:48 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
A Pennsylvania judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby on Thursday, court records showed.
Judge Arthur J. Schwab tossed all three claims against the disgraced comedian, ruling the statements by accuser Renita Hill do not fit Pennsylvania law's definition of defamation.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: billcosby; cosby; lawsuit; pennsylvania
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
The writing in this piece is terrible. How was Cosby the defendant in a defamation suit if the statements were made by the plaintiff?
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posted on
01/22/2016 3:46:59 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(My mama said: "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom.")
To: Alberta's Child
Appears that the accuser filed a defamation suit in response to remarks by Cosby and his wife.
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posted on
01/22/2016 4:06:13 AM PST
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Too big to convict syndrome.
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posted on
01/22/2016 4:10:17 AM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Obama is winning the war on terror when you realize he is on the side of the enemy.)
To: iowamark
Yes, remember it is “who you know”.
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posted on
01/22/2016 4:13:22 AM PST
by
jonsie
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
See what I told you. Just keep following my playbook and you'll get off and back to being a beloved hero to most of the rubes in no time.
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posted on
01/22/2016 4:15:19 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Any active suits against Slick Willy?
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posted on
01/22/2016 4:35:47 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Liberals were OK with Bill Cosby until he blurted out the truth about blacks underachieving.
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posted on
01/22/2016 5:46:06 AM PST
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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