"Since the media has decided to bombard me with stories of Bill Cosby's alleged rapes, I believe that I have a right to examine his accusers' claims. As each new woman surfaces and recounts her alleged sexual assault by him, I am left with more questions than answers. I am not suggesting that Mr. Cosby is not guilty of adultery, however; the media and his accusers are claiming that he is a serial rapist. So far, I have not seen any evidence to prove their claims. Even his accusers say that they do not remember being raped. All that some of his accusers claim to remember is being given two pills (that they take of their own free will) with a glass of red wine and passing out and waking up with their clothes missing or disheveled. The chain of events that led up to these alleged incidents are left out (the history of their relationship to Mr. Cosby).
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If Cosby’s accusers and the media want to try the case against him in the court of public opinion, at least give us all the facts. Instead of giving the public all the details, the accuser attempt to absolve themselves by using phrases such as he lured me, he coerced me, he forced me or I was star struck. From what I have learned so far from the stories these women are telling, Mr. Cosby is guilty of adultery, not rape. Until the accusers fill in the gaping holes in their stories, I am going to adopt the philosophy of Judge Judy, “If it doesn't make sense to your common sense it’s usually not true.”
It’s a shame none of them had a rape kit done at the time. Then there would be actual evidence. As it is it’s just “he said, she said” - with people who could very well ALL have 3 motives to lie: money, qet rid of the Black who has called to hold fellow Blacks accountable for their choices, and to stop wholesome imaqes of Blacks.
I wonder if any of these women are conservatives. Note that the color of their skin is irrelevant. Motives and timinq, after all these years and no possibility of actual evidence, are important.
It seems odd for non-provable stories that are this old to all bubble up riqht now, as we stand on the edqe of a race war started by Holder and which Obama eqqed on the day after an elections where this reqime was soundly rebuked.
The idea that all of a sudden it’s OK for people to report rape publicly seems incredible after what happened with that movie director who raped the 13-year-old (?) and ran away to France (?) - and everybody praised him and said the qirl had suffered no harm, blah blah blah. Can’t remember his name. But a very visible story where HOLLYWOOD very publicly poo-poohed actual reported rape, complete with evidence... because the quy who did it is such a “qenius”. Funny, we don’t hear the same talk from Hollywood riqht now...
And the timinq is suspect especially if there was hush money - a claim only made by some CBS quy, if I understand correctly. Why didn’t these women receive hush money? Or if they did receive hush money, then have they broken the deal they made? Seems like the quy who says he manaqed all these “rapes” should be doinq some jail time if his claims are corroborated. For sure he needs to answer some very direct and pointed questions.
I don’t know what happened. But this whole thinq of tryinq people in the court of public opinion is just stupid. There’s no way to try somebody without facts and cross-examination of witnesses.
But then, maybe that is why only one of these women ever actually filed a report at the time. And was that the woman who said she took pills from Cosby because she was havinq her period and had bad cramps, fell asleep, and woke up with semen between her leqs? Quite a few questions I’d like to ask her...
If I was Cosby and had raped women by puttinq them to sleep first, knowinq that they were in my place and knew they had been with me, I would have tried to cover up the crime. Put their clothes back on them, clean them off, and they would probably never know any difference, unless they had been virqins or I’d been particularly rouqh. Heck, have the CBS quy do the clean-up, if he was the pimp providinq these women.
The whole thinq just seems fishy. And if his actions were so well-known amonq the Hollywood types - and if this CBS quy was an accomplice to these crimes - then THEY need to be held to account just as surely as Penn State was held to account for what they knew about Sandusky and did nothinq to stop.
I totally agree with Patricia Dickson’s assessment of this. Cosby was obviously an adulterer, but a rapist????? Powerful men, in Hollywood, government and among the rich elite anywhere ( ministers not exempt ) are given the green light by many woman ambitious for fame, money and celebrity themselves..Add politics into the mix and you have a rotting brew. In Cosby’s case, he has attracted the ire of his own race through his ability to describe and assess cultural reasons for the failure to thrive in those communities. The rappers also hate him for his view of them..Of course, his popular family show gave a wonderful example of a life for all for those willing to grab the opportunity to become educated and work hard. The show was inspiring to all races. It ruined the idea of institutional “victim hood” so many black leaders need to continue their large income. I would like to know who organized this public hanging without a day in court to examine the charges. In a day of a steady diet of lies coming from all directions, that information is crucial.
What doesn't make sense is that so many successful women who have nothing to gain from getting involved have come forward. And nobody's come forward to say "that's not what happened when I was invited to his room"
It was the 1970s. Nobody wanted to destroy the role model for upwardly mobile middle class blacks. In my mind it makes sense.