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Vanessa Williams on Bill Cosby's accusers: 'It comes down to betrayal'
Fox News ^ | December 10, 2014 | Diana Falzone

Posted on 12/17/2014 6:13:25 AM PST by WhiskeyX

Vanessa Williams went public in 2012 about being sexual assaulted by a woman when she was 10, writing about it in her memoir “You Have No Idea.”

Recently, Teri Hatcher and Lady Gaga spoke out about sexual assaults in their past. Williams told FOX411 why she decided to share her traumatic event, and how she can relate to Bill Cosby’s alleged victims.

“I wanted young girls to be able to identify to know you’re not alone. The scary thing is the people that come up to you that have similar stories," Williams said. "It’s the most disturbing part of it. It’s made me who I am, but the reality is how often it happens is the really sad part.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billcosby; rape
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To: butterdezillion

I have no interest in this. However, if we are speaking about Teri Hatcher and Vanessa Williams, then, TTIWWP


21 posted on 12/17/2014 7:52:12 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't spell liberal without label.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I want to hear from more BJ Clinton accusers. How he got away with Broderick allegations without scrutiny is testimony to how bias Libs Media is. Even Feminists were silent about that rape.


22 posted on 12/17/2014 8:12:42 AM PST by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: WhiskeyX
I'm starting to get suspicious about this whole thing.

In the last week or so some woman came out and accused Cosby of sexual assault when she was 15. It was in a bedroom at the PLAYBOY MANSION!!

What the HELL is a 15yr. old GIRL doing at the PLAYBOY MANSION anyway much less in a BEDROOM there!

23 posted on 12/17/2014 8:25:38 AM PST by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Guenevere

An affair is a lot different than drugging a lot of women and having sex with them when they are helpless.


24 posted on 12/17/2014 8:32:06 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: libstripper
hard core naked lesbo porn

That's what I was thinking. I was barely a yute when I sweatily viewed the pics---can't even remember the lesbo part---but I have always associated her name with real smut.

25 posted on 12/17/2014 8:33:51 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Gaffer

Quite possibly; girls who are sexually assaulted disproportionately grow up to do porn, get into abusive relationships, become whores.

If you want to ruin a woman, assault her as a child.


26 posted on 12/17/2014 8:53:04 AM PST by Persevero (Telling the truth is now "Hate Speech")
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To: Gaffer

Don’t be trash-talking Vanessa Williams, Gaffer.

Unless you sing better than her. LOL! :)


27 posted on 12/17/2014 8:53:42 AM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Tupelo
After Miss Williams was damn near destroyed by stupid decisions she made as a youth, she has, in my opinion become a remarkable example of how to over come those stupid mistakes. No scandal or rumor of scandal for over 20 years.

She's a class act.

28 posted on 12/17/2014 8:55:20 AM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Gaffer
Despite the complications of her rise to stardom, I agree. I think she is a very good actress and generally a nice person

OK, I forgive your previous post. :)

29 posted on 12/17/2014 8:56:31 AM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: WhiskeyX
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30 posted on 12/17/2014 9:27:57 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Gaffer

Sorry about some of my strange wording. Auto-spell strikes again!!


31 posted on 12/17/2014 11:11:12 AM PST by libstripper (")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

What does TTIWWP mean?


32 posted on 12/17/2014 11:43:43 AM PST by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/ g G)
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To: painter

According to the 15 year old, Cosby gave her and her 16 year old girlfriend alcohol, and then took them to the Playboy mansion and told them to lie about their age as he took them in.


33 posted on 12/17/2014 11:46:58 AM PST by ansel12
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To: butterdezillion

“What does TTIWWP mean?”

This thread is worthless without pictures.


34 posted on 12/17/2014 11:58:04 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't spell liberal without label.)
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To: ansel12

I’m not buying that.


35 posted on 12/17/2014 12:39:48 PM PST by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: painter

Who knows, she isn’t as credible as most of his accusers, and only came out recently, but that is her description.

“Huth’s lawsuit states that she and a 16-year-old friend first met Cosby at a Los Angeles-area film shoot and the comedian gave the girls drinks a week later at a tennis club.
The lawsuit states that Cosby took them to the Playboy Mansion after several drinks, and told the teenagers to lie and say they were 19 years old if asked.”


36 posted on 12/17/2014 12:50:30 PM PST by ansel12
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To: butterdezillion
What does TTIWWP mean?

It's a phrase used by the 12-year-old boy Freepers. It means "this thread is worthless without pictures."

37 posted on 12/17/2014 12:57:03 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: butterdezillion

Beverly Johnson said she took sips from a cappuccino, which is a small drink. I believe one could feel the effects in a couple sips because the drink is so small and the drugs aren’t spread out in a large cup of coffee. It’s obvious he wanted them knocked out immediately, so he gave them big doses in just a few sips. Even Kathie Lee said he made her cappuccinos.

I’m glad you’re tearing all of these women’s stories apart just like I’m sure you tore all of Jerry Sandusky’s victims’ stories apart. I’m sure you think all of those kids were liars and gold diggers, out to get the coach and Penn State’s millions of dollars.

Some of the kids had ZERO physical evidence—no DNA, no rape test kits (which you seem to think every victim must have), no drug or alcohol tests, no police reports until years later. Some of the kids even lied about the abuse and even had written letters to Sandusky telling him he was like family. Some had no witnesses to the abuse. One victim did file a police report after it happened and they conducted an investigation. They didn’t file any charges and told Jerry Sandusky not to shower with boys anymore. It looked bad.

Please defend Jerry Sandusky. It isn’t fair he’s in prison for something so old and for something nobody had any evidence for. Please tell us how Jerry was targeted and how his rights were violated and how innocent you thought he was. There was no proof. Please tell us how you investigated on the internet all of the evidence and it was all phony. This man deserves to be walking the streets, running his charity for troubled kids, visiting middle school to introduce himself to strange 12-year-old boys, inviting kids to Penn State’s locker rooms to shower, going to football games, and having sleepovers in his basement with kids.


38 posted on 12/18/2014 4:54:34 AM PST by josettedupree
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To: josettedupree

What drug causes the effects that Beverly Johnson described - immediate effects after 2 sips, where she could barely stand up, passed out in the taxi, and it took several days for the effects of the drug to wear off.

Tell me how her story is even possible.

Emotional rants don’t do it for me. If the story doesn’t make sense it should be questioned.


39 posted on 12/18/2014 8:43:16 AM PST by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/ g G)
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To: josettedupree

BTW, welcome to Free Republic.

I notice you’ve had maybe 4? comments that weren’t screaming about Bill Cosby and demanding answers for whatever questions you ask of the regular posters here. A lot of “Sandusky-defender!” namec-calling towards anybody who questions the Cosby accusers.

That style of posting may get you called a troll.

Just sayin’.


40 posted on 12/18/2014 8:49:45 AM PST by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/ g G)
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