Bill Cosby abuse allegations

[norton ash]

Quick quiz on which Bill's lawyer (Cosby or Clinton) is responding to rape accusations.

http://gawker.com/who-said-it-bill-cosb ... 1751558060

[brekin]

Interesting premise from a 2008 article that Cosby's conservative activism possibly originated as cover/noise for his growing allegations.

From 2008:

Much pop psychology has been devoted to Cosby’s transformation into such a high-octane, high-profile activist. His nemesis Dyson says that Cosby, in his later years, is following in the dishonorable tradition of upper-class African Americans who denounce their less fortunate brethren. Others have suggested more-sinister motivations—that Cosby is covering for his own alleged transgressions. (In 2006, Cosby settled a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed that he had sexually assaulted her; other women have come forward with similar allegations that have not gone to court.) But the depth of his commitment would seem to belie such suspicions, and in any case, they do not seem to have affected his hold on his audience: in the November Pew survey, 85 percent of all African American respondents considered him a “good influence” on the black community, above Obama (76 percent) and second only to Oprah Winfrey (87 percent).

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc ... an/306774/

Cosby went public with his "pull up your drawers" act in 2004:

His anger and frustration erupted into public view during an NAACP awards ceremony in Washington in 2004 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
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After what has come to be known as “the Pound Cake speech”—it has its own Wikipedia entry—Cosby came under attack from various quarters of the black establishment. The playwright August Wilson commented, “A billionaire attacking poor people for being poor. Bill Cosby is a clown. What do you expect?” One of the gala’s hosts, Ted Shaw, the director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, called his comments “a harsh attack on poor black people in particular.”

While from 1965-2000 according to the Cosby sexual assault Wikipedia page none of his victims had gone public or their stories were made public. Between 2000-2004 most of it was kept out of court. It was only really starting in 2004 (with Constand) when things got into court, and then usually settled. But then things really died down until the barn doors were blown off in 2014 and we are in the Cosby nuclear winter.

So check this out.

In January 2004, Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, accused Cosby of drugging and fondling her; however, in February 2005, Montgomery County's District Attorney said there would be no charges due to insufficient credible and admissible evidence.[17] Constand then filed a civil claim in March 2005, with 13 women as potential witnesses if the case went to court.[18][19] Cosby settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in November 2006.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosb ... llegations

The Pound Cake speech was given by Bill Cosby in May 2004 during an NAACP awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.[1]

January 2004 the first accusation of sexual assault is made legally against Cosby. Five months later Cosby delivers the Pound Cake Speech. This starts him on a conservative crusade that wasn't very popular with many black and white liberals and to say nothing of those in the Hip Hop/Rap cultures. For someone who seemed pretty tepid during the civil rights days, and later black radicalism, to become so militant and divisive it is pretty surprising. The 2008 article is pretty interesting to see the degree of his militancy, its titled from one of his own speeches, "‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’

Cosby may have felt secure enough at that point in his career and life (2004) and even authentically angry enough to be genuine in his sudden vocal black conservatism. Or it might have been a hypocritical compulsion/compensation that made him a sudden strident moral proclaimer after a lifetime of immoral trangressions. But it is interesting to consider if he was finding the good defense of comedy wasn't enough to insulate him and the better offense of moral crusader was a better strategy. Which honestly might have worked. It could have bought him roughly another decade till 2014.

[Pele'sDaughter]

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/p ... story.html

Bill Cosby loses appeal; assault case appears headed to evidence hearing

The judge who refused to dismiss the case this month has denied Cosby's appeal of that decision.

The 78-year-old TV star is accused of drugging and violating an ex-Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004 and could get 10 years in prison if convicted. The defense insists Cosby had a promise from a previous district attorney he would never be charged over the encounter.

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill found the evidence of such an agreement lacking. He says the issue doesn't warrant an immediate appeal that would delay the scheduled March 8 preliminary hearing.

A spokesman for Cosby's lawyers says it's unclear if they'll appeal to the Superior Court.

[elfismiles]

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-bill-cosby-loses-latest-appeal-20160216-story.html

Bill Cosby loses appeal; assault case appears headed to evidence hearing

[Grizzly]

http://www.metafilter.com/158637/I-had- ... -the-truth

"I had to tell the truth"
April 14, 2016 6:01 PM Subscribe
Twenty-five years ago, Anita Hill stood before 20 million people and testified that then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her while she’d worked for him at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

[Iamwhomiam]

^^^^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4608402/

On TV
Airs Sat. Apr. 16, 8:00 PM on HBO

2 Teaser vids at link

[elfismiles]

Judge: Bill Cosby to stand trial for assault charges
CNN - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN) More than a decade after he was first accused of sexual misconduct, Bill Cosby will go to trial. A Pennsylvania judge found enough evidence during a hearing Tuesday to proceed with a criminal trial.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/us/bill-cosby-hearing/

Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in 2004 sexual assault case
Entertainment Weekly
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/24/bi ... sault-case

Bill Cosby Ordered to Stand Trial in Sex Assault Case
Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/b ... ial-896918

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHeoxx3T3WQ

Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby
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[RocketMan]

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/ ... l_facebook

THE ONE ACCUSER WHO MAY FINALLY BRING BILL COSBY DOWN FOR GOOD

[Luther Blissett]

California ends statute of limitations for rape over Cosby case

!!!!!

[elfismiles]

Three years and 60 accusers later, Bill Cosby’s trial begins. But only one woman will decide his fate.
Bill Cosby, once television’s lovable “Dr. Huxtable,” is set to face off in a courtroom against Andrea Constand, a woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her.

By Manuel Roig-Franzia May 20

As the Bill Cosby sex scandal spread, flaring into a media firestorm, the woman best positioned to confront him in a criminal court kept returning to her tattoo artist.

Thickly rendered lines twist and curl up Andrea Constand’s forearm, then past her elbow. On her upper left arm she had a brilliant pink gladiolus etched into her skin.

Constand had seen Lili Bernard, another woman who has accused the comedian of drugging and sexually assaulting her, carrying the spiky flower at a Cosby protest. Bernard said her friend was inspired.

In Latin, the flower’s name means a small sword. Now the woman with the sword flower on her arm is the central figure in one of the most highly anticipated trials in recent history, a potential reckoning for an entertainment legend whose legacy as “America’s Dad” lies in tatters. The trial that starts Monday with jury selection will determine whether Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted Constand, the only woman to have her allegations against Cosby heard in a criminal court.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... story.html



Gladioli (Sword-Lilies) - Gardenia.net
https://www.gardenia.net/plant-variety/ ... ord-lilies

[SonicG]

Jury deliberating now...

In statements to police and in his civil deposition, the comedian known as "America's Dad" admitted he gave Constand pills and then engaged in sexual contact with her. He also said he had previously obtained Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, with the intention of giving them to women with whom he wanted to have sex.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/12/us/bi ... index.html

Seems like they will get a guilty verdict...

[Iamwhomiam]

And he'll finally know just how it feels to get fucked against your will.

[Grizzly]

yeah.. praise our JUSTICE system! And it's grand jurisprudence. Not to mention the underlying idea of eye for an eye!! Begat, begat, begat... and so on, for-fucking- ever.

Fucking humanity is the pits.

Addendum: Yes! I want justice, but not this systems retribution of a circular firing squad.

[Cordelia]

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”

― Bill Cosby

Wonder if he'll follow his own advice w/a guilty verdict.

[Iamwhomiam]

He almost got away with retaining his hero status, due to our perverted sense of justice that says time heals all wounds, but one last offense of a great many managed to be claimed before the doors to the halls of justice slammed shut, preserving it forever.

His great fucking by our justice system? A few months in Jail and the rest of his life wearing a bracelet, living out the last of his days with his ever-loving wife Camille doting on him.

Btw, I meant he will be fucked by the Justice system, not a cellmate. He alone is responsible for creating his own reality; no one else.