“I don’t know all the details about the Tawana Brawly case. Has it been proven that her claims were false? If so, has Cosby said anythinq about the case since it was proven that her charqes were false?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations
From the Wiki article:
“Public response to Brawley’s story was at first mostly sympathetic. Actor Bill Cosby, among others, pledged support and helped raise money for a legal fund. In December 1987, 1,000 people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, marched through the streets of Newburgh, New York, in support of Brawley.”
“Under the authority of New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams, a grand jury was called to hear evidence. On October 6, 1988, the grand jury released its 170-page report concluding Brawley had not been abducted, assaulted, raped and sodomized, as had been claimed by Brawley and her advisers. The report further concluded that the “unsworn public allegations against Dutchess County Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones” were false and had no basis in fact. To issue the report, the grand jury heard from 180 witnesses, saw 250 exhibits and recorded more than 6,000 pages of testimony”
“In 1998, Pagones was awarded $345,000 (he sought $395 million) through a lawsuit for defamation of character that he had brought against Sharpton, Maddox and Mason. The jury found Sharpton liable for making seven defamatory statements about Pagones, Maddox for two and Mason for one. The jury deadlocked on four of the 22 statements over which Pagones had sued, and it found eight statements to be non-defamatory.[27] In a later interview, Pagones said the turmoil caused by the accusations of Brawley and her advisers had cost him his first marriage and much personal grief.[28]”
“Pagones had also sued Brawley. She defaulted by not appearing at the trial, and the judge ordered her to pay him damages of $185,000.[29] The $65,000 judgment levied against Al Sharpton was paid for him in 2001 by supporters, including attorney Johnnie Cochran plus former businessman Earl G. Graves, Jr.[30][31] In December 2012, the New York Post reported that Maddox had paid his judgment of $97,000 and Mason was making payments on the $188,000 which he owed. Brawley reportedly had not made any payments.[32] The following month a court ordered her wages garnished to pay Pagones.”
I have not been able to find single article or other evidence on the internet that even suggests that Cosby apologized, retracted his support, or otherwise came to regret his support for Tawana Brawley.
(FYI — She eventually converted to Islam.)
So Cosby supported her when the accusations were made, and after that a Qrand Jury looked at the evidence and found that she lied.
That could be like anybody here, supportinq these woman accusinq Cosby - except that there is no evidence for a jury to even look at.
So exactly how is Bill Cosby’s response to Brawley any different than the people here who are fine with accusations without evidence?