Standing Up To Bad Men
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Tag: Bill Cosby
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby’s Conviction
BREAKING NEWS The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned the 2018 indecent assault conviction against comedian Bill Cosby and ordered his release. The reason? The court ruled an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. The previous prosecutor? Bruce Castor, who infamously represented Donald Trump …
Bill Cosby not feeling remorse while in prison for rape conviction
In case you’re wondering what disgraced comedy legend Bill Cosby is thankful for this Thanksgiving, his gratitude list does not contain any hint or morsel of remorse. Cosby, speaking on the phone with National Newspaper Publishers Association’s BlackPressUSA.com in his first major interview from behind bars in a Pennsylvania state …
Here’s that ironically meta message from Bill Cosby from a 1984 “Fat Albert” episode about people in prison
“All of those people who are in prison right now were kids once, just like you. They went to school. They had girlfriends, boyfriends. They played baseball. Rode their bikes. Just like you! And then, somewhere along the way, they did something wrong. Something dumb. Maybe it was getting mixed …
Bill Cosby sentenced 3-10 years in prison for sexual assault
Bill Cosby will spend the next three to 10 years in Pennsylvania state prison. The 81-year-old comedy legend, accused of rape and sexual assault by some 60 women whose allegations span several decades, was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault in April for drugging and molesting one of …
Bill Cosby: Guilty!
A jury of seven men and five women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has returned a guilty verdict today against Bill Cosby on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. It was a retrial held a year after the initial criminal case brought forward by Andrea Constand. The jury had deadlocked last …
Bill Cosby re-emerges onstage to tell jokes, join the band at Philadelphia jazz club
Bill Cosby may be a disgraced comedy legend now, facing retrial this spring on charges of drugging and raping at least one woman (dozens of other women have come forward with similar accusations). But Cosby, now 80, decided to emerge once more, to perform for the first time since his …
Bill Cosby wants to host town halls to tell other men how to avoid sexual assault allegations
Not less than a week after escaping a sexual assault conviction when the jury deadlocked 10-2 against him, legendary comedian Bill Cosby wants to host a series of town halls educating other men on how they can avoid being accused themselves of sexual assault or rape. I’m not making that …
Hung jury results in Cosby mistrial; prosecutors vow to try comedy legend again for sexual assault
After all these years, the first criminal trial charging comedy legend Bill Cosby with drugging and molesting at least one woman against her will has ended quicker than anyone expected in a mistrial. The trial began June 5, went to the jury after a six-minute defense, and ended Saturday after …
WHYY launching new podcast, “Cosby Unraveled”
The only podcast genre more popular than comedians talking comedy is journalists talking true crime. So Cosby Unraveled probably will break all of the previous podcasting records after it launches tomorrow. “Who is Bill Cosby? A funny man. A philanthropist. A beloved TV dad….or a sexual predator.” That’s the question …