Bill the rapist Cosby: now it's 43

Since late last year I’ve been following the ever-growing number of women who have publicly accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault. I first became aware of the allegations when Cosby was called out as a rapist during a stand-up act by comedian Hannibal Burress. Following that accusation, two women stepped up to accuse Cosby of sexual assault. Soon after, I learned that the number of victims jumped to 15. Then 19. Then 22. Then 23.  Then 26. At this point I suspected the number would rise to 30 in little time (which it did) and began to wonder how high it was going to go. How many women did Bill Cosby sexually assault over the years? Last week, the number of victims rose to 41. Today, it has risen to 43:

Former “Cosby Show” actress Lili Bernard and writer Sammie Mayes on Friday came forward with sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby in a press conference in New York City. The women stood next to attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing many of Cosby’s alleged victims.

Allred says Cosby raped Bernard in New Jersey, a state that does not have a statute of limitations on rape. Cosby could conceivably be charged for the crime if a prosecutor finds sufficient evidence. This has not been possible in the cases of other women who have accused Cosby of sexual assault in recent years.

I find it fucking outlandish that different states get to decide whether or not to have a statute of limitations on rape, and I’m glad to hear New Jersey is one of those states without one. I hope there is enough evidence to charge Cosby, so that there can be some measure of justice for the many, many women he has assaulted over the last several decades.

In her statement, Mayes said she met Cosby when she attended a New Orleans TV conference in the mid-’80s. She says she was just starting her writing career, so she eagerly accepted Cosby’s offer to do an interview with him.

Mayes says she asked a passerby to snap a photo of herself and Cosby (see above) as they headed to his hotel room together. Once there, she says, he mixed her a drink. When she woke up covered in drool, she initially thought she had fainted.

But she says she soon noticed her shirt was unbuttoned, and her bra pushed to the side. Her chain belt (which can be seen in the photo) had been loosely re-hooked.

“I realized I had just survived an encounter with a scheming madman who hid his demons behind an alluring persona,” she says. Out of fear for her safety, she says, she apologized to Cosby profusely and left the room quickly.

Bernard claims Cosby assaulted her in the early ’90s when she guest-starred as the zany and pregnant Mrs. Minifield on the final season of “The Cosby Show.” She says Cosby became a mentor and a father figure to her.

A faux mentor/father figure who wanted to gain her trust, affection, and respect as part of his predatory tactics. Once he did that, his plan was to rape her, which is exactly what happened:

“After he had won my complete trust and adoration he drugged me and raped me,” she said during the press conference.

Bernard says Cosby threatened and intimidated her after the assault, telling her, “As far as I’m concerned, Bernard, you’re dead,” which she interpreted as a death threat.

A few months later, Bernard was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts following the trauma. She said she still suffers nightmares and panic attacks.

I wonder if that hospital would still have those records and if they could be beneficial in building a case against Cosby. I really hope so because I want to see that lying shitstain rapist face the consequences of his actions.

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5 thoughts on “Bill the rapist Cosby: now it's 43

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    Even if he only raped a woman at the rate of one a week, the number of women victimized, would still be somewhere in the hundreds. There’s no telling how high it could go.

    And this right here, is the surest sign, of the utter corruption of the media. These women tried to tell their stories years ago, but none of the mainstream media wanted to even touch it. How corrupt do you have to be to walk away from a news story that big because you’re scared? That’s not journalism. That’s just an overblown fanzine, you’re writing.

    It also illustrates the danger of worshipping celebrity. One of main things I’m still trying to teach my niece, is not to do that. I tell my friends this,too. I don’t care how much you like a person’s looks or their work, you DO NOT know any of these people. You will never meet them, never exchange more than ten words with them.

    Actors and other performers are nothing more than pretty strangers whose work you enjoy. I wish more people understood that. I’m not especially upset by Bill being less than because, as a human being, I NEVER expected him to be more.

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    What I meant was,chad this story been pursued vigorously the first time it was outed, how many women could have been saved from such a fate? I hold the media fully accountable for this.

    My heart goes out to Camille, with one caveat – Whether or not she knew about all this and was complicit in it or whether or not she was a victim, too.

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    Ikeke35:

    Actors and other performers are nothing more than pretty strangers whose work you enjoy. I wish more people understood that. I’m not especially upset by Bill being less than because, as a human being, I NEVER expected him to be more.

    Quoted for truth.
    Celebrity culture, for all that I’m disinterested in it, is not inherently a bad thing, but this elevation of performers and actors to some special status just because one likes their work is dangerous. We’ve seen it time and time again. They aren’t some special breed of human. They’re simply human.

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    Not just performers and actors; the same applies to anyone in an “elevated” position. Religious leaders (local, national, global), politicians (ditto), teachers, police officers (to choose another category completely at random); all as subject to Error as any human.

    The problem, as I see it, comes when public veneration intersects with Celebrity’s believing its own PR, in its own “elevated” state.

    Never venerate.
    No one is “holy”.

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