Amazes me how some people defend the indefensible. Being old is and excuse to be excused? That it is "boring" to hear so many people substantiate the same story? What if there are many more victims which I think is highly likely because Hotels and so forth made drug dealers accessible to stars all the time.
Fame, power, and popular culture made a pig capable of getting away with what would put any other man under the jail while he walks free.
That some of these women were mesmerized enough to take drugs that had no clue what were is small defense to his actions when he clearly knew their effect and that they were defenseless. But it is clear he had many others involved in his escapades and more than just Cosby's head should roll.
If this is not a clear reason to repeal the statute of limitations on sexual assault it is clear that women do not wish to exercise their political clout to stop it. But clearly some will blame the victim; especially if it is another woman.
its much more complex than that actually...in this case
I am 45 , dont socialize much and couldnt tell you what happened last year on any specific date
every person should have the chance to defend themself, but how does an 80 year old defend themself about something others claim happened three and four decades ago? with that type of social life, do we expect him really to recall these individuals and their encounters when he has had thousands over the years? and how do they prove it ever happened, after all these years?
I am a sexual assault victim, and the statute of limitations is there for a reason,,the difference between sex and rape is CONSENT, and thats hard enough to prove when it happens, let alone tens or dozens of years later,,,
so people can believe these women are messed up because of cosby, or that these women were messed well before they ever crossed paths with cosby,,(if they ever actually did, which I suspect will be discredited in many cases)
as invictus said, there was a party culture that traded sex alcohol drugs and God knows what else for some status and connections, it was well known and abundantly participated in,,,with no 'victims',,,
I dont believe a man doing this regularly would not have been charged well before now,, but there is not one criminal complaint,, in all these years,,these women didnt tell others , and many of them continued to see him
,,,,noone was there, noone knows, and it doesnt matter because his public jury has returned their verdict,,,,,
but as invictus says, its a shame that either a man can be so easily destroyed through public accusations or that a man who was allegedly doing something terrible apparently had a whole INDUSTRY covering it up for him,,,