[Enchante]

Cosby is a scumbag but the case was infected with “reasonable doubt”.... although there doesn’t seem to be any real doubt about what he was doing. Administering Qualudes to women to make them pliable and controllable for sex. I would have voted to convict, for sure, but I can see how someone would keep arguing reasonable doubt.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I learned that the tape of the early civil trial was sealed and should never have seen the light of day.

How in the world did the prosecution get to use this in the new trial?

This would be a stumbling block for me. Of course it was his word against hers and no corroborating testimony allowed. (I admit if you were allowed to use all the women who wanted to come forward it would look very bad for the guy.) But we are supposed to judge each case on its own merits.

[anton]

If he was a 28 year old white male, he’d already be serving a life sentence.

[Nifster]

Hard to convince people that you were raped when you stay in pretty close contact with the perp

[DaveA37]

“-”....Cosby is a scumbag”.....

Of course you have irrefutable evidence to prove that statement sufficient to find Cosby guilty. Right now it sounds more like a "She said/He said". The decision could come out the same way in the next trial.

[NFHale]

RE “..Cosby is a scumbag ...”

Why? Because the media has him guilty already? Like DaveA37 said - it’s “She said/He said”.

RE “...Administering Qualudes to women ...”

There’s a certain amount of “No, thank you, I don’t want to take that” involved, you know. It wasn’t like he tied them up and FORCED them to take anything.

Way I see it, there appears to be some opportunism going on on on the part of the “lady” involved. Maybe some others as well.

A lot of her story appears to be bullsh*t.

Unless someone is sitting on the jury and actually weighing all the facts, it’s “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”.

That’s our system, and it’s there to protect us from bullsh*t charges.

If you think back to when this crap started, it was shortly after Cosby sounded off about young black men taking responsibility for themselves, taking care of the kids they produce, etc., - going off the plantation, as it were.

Seems political more than anything else. Destroy the guy for going against “the party”.

Not hammering on you, Enchante - Just saying things aren’t always what they appear.

[Phlyer]

Administering Qualudes to women . . .

Actually, that was never proven either in this case. Cosby admitted to giving Quaaludes to some woman (in what was supposed to be a sealed deposition not applicable in this trial about an accusation from another woman), just not the woman making this accusation. He said all she took was some Benadryl, which is not potent enough to render her helpless.

He could be lying about that of course, but for someone on the jury there needs to be proof of guilt, not proof of innocence.

I think he did drug women for non-consensual sex and is a scumbag. But based on what was in the news, if I were on the jury, I'd have had to vote for not-guilty in this specific case with this specific accusation as well.

[reaganaut]

Either a guy who thinks it was her fault or more likely blacks who wouldn’t convict