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Post by discoprincess on May 15, 2015 12:24:06 GMT -4
Which makes me then wonder, if Cosby felt safe to rape and abuse women, then what were the white stars from that time doing? The same? For example there seems to be a persistent rumor that Kirk Douglas once raped Natalie Wood. There had to have been other perpetrators and victims.
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Post by prisma on May 21, 2015 0:31:01 GMT -4
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gremlin45
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Post by gremlin45 on May 21, 2015 8:11:00 GMT -4
Good luck to her. I hope she wins the case. I doubt it'll make much difference to Cosby's actual life but I hope they make him squirm in court.
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Post by discoprincess on May 21, 2015 10:27:17 GMT -4
Yet, his team didn't file a defamation lawsuit (first)! I wonder now whether there will be a countersuit.
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thneed
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Post by thneed on May 22, 2015 20:25:03 GMT -4
So, Bill Cosby basically admitted to the rapesSo in other words, "I totally raped all those women, but it doesn't matter, because I'm here to tell you how to live your life. My advice is so meaningful and important that centuries of clear, established law should be put aside just for me." I'm sure that statement's been carefully vetted by lawyers and won't count as an admission for the purpose of arresting his ass (although I hope someone tries), but that's pretty clear cut, isn't it? And the sheer arrogance. You could cure cancer, write the complete works of Shakespeare, and discover cold fusion and it still wouldn't give you the right to rape anyone. And Bill Cosby thinks he gets a pass because he delivers the same "Stay in school, don't have babies as a teenager" message as every other black leader in the country? I'm not usually speechless but I think that did it.
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Post by Neurochick on May 22, 2015 21:42:16 GMT -4
I feel this way about Cosby.
I am totally sure that he was doing the same thing that other male celebrities at the time were doing. The difference is that many of those celebrities have died and the ones who are still living have the good sense to not pontificate and tell other people how they should live their lives.
I mean I look at Roman Polanski and I remember something about them being at Jack Nicholson's house. Nicholson could have been doing the same thing, but he never got caught and he keeps his mouth shut today.
I watched Mad Men, the entire series and I remember in the first season, which took place in the early 60's, how the men had this attitude about the secretaries, that they were all stupid and served no purpose except to keep them entertained. I'm sure there was a casting couch in Hollywood, and models and starlets were passed around like candy. Had Cosby shut up and not tried to play "elder statesman" no one would have been the wiser.
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Post by deeconsistent on May 22, 2015 22:20:55 GMT -4
I'm sure that statement's been carefully vetted by lawyers and won't count as an admission for the purpose of arresting his ass (although I hope someone tries), but that's pretty clear cut, isn't it? I didn't really take that as an admission. To me it sounds like he's more or less saying "Whether or not you believe the allegations, all these other causes I'm involved in are still important." Obviously, the statement can be parsed and debated over technicalities, but he tends to be pretty meandering when speaking extemporaneously. The statement, as a whole, is sort of impenetrable.
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Post by prisma on May 27, 2015 13:55:50 GMT -4
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Post by kostgard on Jul 6, 2015 18:12:40 GMT -4
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leena333
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Post by leena333 on Jul 6, 2015 19:47:48 GMT -4
How deeply disturbing. I live outside of the US, so am not up on the US legal system and so am more than perplexed. How is that statement not good enough for some sort of criminal proceeding even if there was a settlement? I am just missing the plot line here and am so confused. Statute of limitations? Considered just not worth prosecuting because of lack of evidence? Is it because the women specifically mentioned in article knowingly took the drug? Are there too many cases to handle in system? I am seriously so confused right now.
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