Cosby’s first known accuser was no aspiring starlet
Reporter: Still, the testimony has refuelled the court of public opinion.
She said making public the entire deposition and written settlement would let people decide if that’s the case.
Instead, Cosby’s accusers, now numbering almost 50, are crying, “Validation!” on CNN. Are you hopeful this will bring about some charges?
His admission was kept under wraps for a decade.
In Philadelphia, the city’s Mural Arts Program is speeding up plans to remove a work featuring Cosby, which celebrates Father’s Day and shows Cosby between Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It went up in 2008 but had already been considered for decommissioning because the wall under a train bridge where it’s painted is in bad shape.
A group supporting sexual assault victims is petitioning President Barack Obama to revoke Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he was unaware of any discussions about rescinding the honor and said he was unsure of the legality of doing so.
In newly unsealed documents, Cosby testified in 2005 that he obtained quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women before sex. Cosby was inducted in 1992, and his visage joined the likes of Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, Mary Tyler Moore, Red Skelton, Danny Thomas, Milton Berle and Walt Disney.
In November, she used her Instagram account to defend herself against those who said Cosby had abused her, calling the accusations “truly a disgusting rumor that I want no part of”.
Nothing. None of his lawyers, including the main one, Marty Singer, have responded to the new developments.
But now – in the wake of Cosby’s recent legal catastrophe – the comedian’s bust will come down.
Cosby’s longtime publicist, David Brokaw, has not released a statement.
CNN has attempted to reach a lawyer and publicist for Cosby in response to the latest revelations, but without success. “Until each and everyone one of the women that have accused Bill Cosby along with myself and a few others that have personally reached out to me that will not come forward due to character victimization – I would like an apology for each and everyone one of us in order for my soul to feel”, she said. But I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.
What do their lawyers say?
FILE – In this November 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby pauses during a news conference.
At least two suits in Massachusetts and in California, have been filed accusing Cosby of defaming accusers for denying, through his spokesmen, that he drugged or raped them, thus suggesting they were liars.
On Wednesday, Kuvin said he had been in touch with the state’s attorney and that his client’s case still falls within the statute of limitations in both criminal and civil court. Cosby lost the right to privacy, in this case, because he “donned the mantle of public moralist and mounted the proverbial electronic or print soap box to volunteer his views on, among other things, childrearing, family life, education and crime”, Robreno wrote.