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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bill Cosby to 58 Sexual Assault Accusers: You"re Just Racist!
Bill Cosby has broken his silence in regard to the many women who have come out and accused him of sexual assault.
The 58 women who have come out and accused him of sexual assault, to be precise.
The controversial comedian spoke on Tuesday to SiriusXM’s Michael Smerconish about the scathing allegations, most of which date back many years and almost of which center on some allegedly heinous actions by Cosby.
One supposed victim after another has gone on record with stories of how Cosby drugging her and then took advantage of her sexually.
“I can’t say anything, but there are certain things that I look at, and I apply to the situation, and there are so many tentacles,” Cosby tried to explain in some of his first public comments about the charges.
“So many different – nefarious is a great word,” he added. “And I just truly believe that some of it may very well be that.”
Cosby has maintained his innocence over the past 18 months or so.
He was arrested in December after the Philadelphia DA determined that the legendary star was NOT protected by the statute of limitations in the case of Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who claims that Cosby attacked her in 2004.
Constand filed a lawsuit against Cosby in 2005, with sources saying the testimony given during the trial could land Cosby in prison for up to a decade.
As part of this testimony, which was unsealed late last year, Cosby confessed to having sex with a teen prostitute and to paying her extra to keep the interaction secret from his wife.
But Cosby has fought back against almost all other allegations.
He told Smerconish yesterday that the color of his skin has a lot to do with how many women have come forward to accuse him of rape.
However, the women who have filed lawsuits are black and white.
How does Cosby make sense of this diversity?
In garbled fashion, as you’re about to find out…
“Well, let me put it to you this way: When you look at the power structure, and when you look at individuals, there are some people who can very well be motivated by whether or not they’re going to work, or whether or not they might be able to get back at someone.
“So if it’s in terms of whatever the choice is, I think that you can also examine individuals and situations and they will come out differently.
“So it’s not all, not every, but I do think that there’s some.”
Some racism at play in these accusations; that’s what Cosby is getting at here.
This line of questioning was spurred on by Cosby’s daughter, Ensa, who recently released a statement saying “racism has played a big role in all aspects of this scandal.”
It’s unclear what basis she has for saying that.
Asked Smerconish during this interview to Cosby:
What do you say to the person who puts credence in the charges against you because of the number of women who’ve come out and said the similar thing?
In other words: 58 women have come forward! 58!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of them are not even asking for money, they just want to see Cosby brought to justice.
“I think that the numbers came because the numbers prior to the numbers didn’t work,” the comedian explained.
“So the piling on, so to speak, is a way – and certainly an impressive, impressive way – to get public opinion to come to the other side.”
In other words again: This is a conspiracy and the “other side” needed as many people as possible to make the public believe Cosby is a rapist.
Cosby is scheduled to go on trial next month on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Constand 13 years ago.
The ex-sitcom actor pleaded not guilty and adamantly denies similar sexual assault claims from 57 other women.
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Josh Duggar Counting On Return: Will it Help or Kill the Show?
As Josh Duggar prepares to return to TV for the first time in two years, one can’t help but wonder if the ratings ploy may actually backfire.
After all … Duggar fans and still Duggar fans and Josh is still Josh, the prodigal son who got the family TV show canceled in the first place.
News of Josh Duggar’s return to Counting On for the first time in two years since 19 Kids & Counting got canceled surfaced this month.
If nothing else, he will partake in a special “webisode” to talk about his fifth child with his long-suffering, perpetually pregnant wife, Anna.
Insiders say that Josh’s return is part of Jim Bob Duggar’s plan to save Counting On, a.k.a. the rebooted 19 Kids, from getting axed.
Its declining ratings have been notable for some time, despite the fact that the Duggars have had and still have a loyal, sizable following.
Bringing Josh Duggar back into the fold will generate some major buzz ahead of the June 12 premiere, that much is impossible to dispute.
Is all buzz good buzz, though, when it’s about a pariah?
Supposedly, his TV comeback comes with a catch.
Josh is ONLY allowed to talk about the joys of fatherhood and the impending birth of his fifth child, another baby boy, with Anna Duggar.
“All that Ashley Madison and molestation stuff? Yeah, it’ll probably be swept under the rug,” said a source close to the TLC show’s production.
We didn’t expect him to delve into whether he really banged Danica Dillon or who he met on Ashley Madison, or how he molested Jill.
That’s obvious. Still, fans would clearly be riveted – love him or hate him – by Josh, in his own words, discussing sex rehab and his marriage.
Splashing Josh’s controversial mug on screen without any real purpose (an apology, a confessional, etc.) carries a risk in its own right.
It’s likely going to happen in some form or another, as Jim Bob spent a month trying to convince the TLC executives to go along with it.
The aforementioned webisode is a trial balloon of sorts.
If Duggar fans don’t stage a coup, Josh will be eased back into Counting On, which has been bleeding advertisers over the past year.
Credit Karma, X Out, Wrigley’s, CiCi’s Pizza, and the UPS store have all pulled their ads, and it’s tough to see Josh bringing ‘em back.
Time heals all wounds if you’re Anna Duggar apparently, but unlike advertisers looking to market products, she has nowhere else to go.
Will brands be able to forgive and forget? And even for those who stuck by the Duggars, will they finally reach the end of a long fuse?
“If money is the deciding factor, it seems unlikely that we’ll see Josh Duggar on Counting On” this season, according to a Duggar insider.
“That is, unless Jim Bob’s master plan also involved secretly convincing a bunch of companies that his son isn’t a financial risk.”
Financial risk may be driving this in a different way.
In the last few weeks, reports of a depressed Josh Duggar looking unkempt and effing up at work selling cars have permeated the web.
Is this the Duggars’ way of not only trying to save their show, but save their first-born son from spiraling even further out of control?
As always, the inner workings of the Tontitown PR machine remain somewhat shrouded in mystery, and all we can do is stay tuned.
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