You’re right. Your post needed to be said.
When I was young, I was alone with celebrities on more than one occasion. If they had a wholesome image and seemed nice, I trusted them. Nothing ever happened, but it could have, and then people would have asked me, “Well, what were you doing there with him?” Cosby was like everybody’s dad. He did those Jello commercials with kids, he had kids’ cartoons on TV, etc. I can see where girls would have trusted him.
When asked by the judge how he pleads, Cosby will say, “ your honor, I was joking.”