Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

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[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

the story you are telling me is that he didn't do it, and it was just part of a plea.

that is what I hear.

what I say is that no, he did do it, he admitted to it, it was part of a plea, but the plea bargain was immunity if he told the truth

not the same as 'admitting to a crime you didn't do' .

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I don't know if he did it, he might have. We don't know. It makes sense to plea. He could have fought that legal challenge for years, dragged his name through the mud, had bail revoked for any infraction, and ended up in jail if he let it go to trial which would cost even more money and time.

Or take the plea, pay the woman, and move on with his life. He chose to do that because it makes sense.

So it's hard to say that plea bargain means he was actually guilty when there's a huge incentive to plea and as part of the deal the whole thing was supposed to be incognito.