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.
Repeating what lie, a 2006 court settlement over a 2004 sexual assault and 13 other women also claiming such assaults and willing to say so under oath?
Are you the one repeating a lie or what?