Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I just don't know either way. The woman who testified against him was doing quaaludes, a drug that's difficult to get and highly sought after by some, with Bill Cosby in his hotel room.

Women who trade sex for drugs are known as chicken heads. It's a thing. And besides her word there's no evidence of rape.

He may be guilty but if that is the standard by which people are convicted, we're going to end up with more innocent people in prison than we already have.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There are at least 60 women who have accused Cosby of sexual assault.

https://www.thewrap.com/60-bill-cosby-accusers-complete-list-breakdown-guilty/

I didn't personally witness any of them, but I think he probably did most of what he is accused. Not guilty verdicts of Cosby, OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, and Casey Anthony show that the you can still get a fair trial in the U.S., even if you need a little money to help you along.

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I'm reading that link now, but already the first one is "Cosby implied that Plaintiff Moritz would become a major star through his direction." Honest question here, if he promised things for sex and didn't deliver, does make it rape? If the women had sex expecting to further their careers and it didn't happen, that's certainly not right, but is it rape? I'm only on 8 right now but that seems to be a theme. And nobody said anything until 2015 when the #metoo movement became popular. They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

I really don't mean to defend his innocence, but the trial wasn't right. I wouldn't want to be convicted by that standard, would you?

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Could be "breach of contract". Of course it was a different time then. That's how the business world worked sometimes. It still sometimes works that way. There are plenty of stories of actresses who gave up sex for help with stardom. There are also stories of women who were raped with the rapists using the excuse of "an agreement". In 2014, Hannibal Burris made a joke about the open secret in Hollywood about Cosby. It helped some of the accusers to come forward. If half of those accusations are false, it still leaves 30 cases. I'll say the same for Harvey Weinstein.

The trial wasn't right and I'm glad to see things set right. I am also disappointed that Cosby will never face punishment anywhere close to what he did to those women.

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I agree.

I am also disappointed that Cosby will never face punishment anywhere close to what he did to those women.

He's blind, old, feeble and his reputation is trash. It may not be what he deserves, but he won't be hurting anyone anymore.