Bill Cosby freed after top court overturns sexual assault conviction
The US comedian leaves jail hours after a Pennsylvania court overturned his sexual assault conviction.
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Bill Cosby to walk free
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
but what do you think of this?Bill Cosby freed after top court overturns sexual assault conviction
The US comedian leaves jail hours after a Pennsylvania court overturned his sexual assault conviction.www.bbc.co.uk
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
"Pennsylvania's highest court found that an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented the former actor and comedian from being charged in the case"
WTF?
WTF?
Good for him, cleared his name! What else can you say?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i don't think that's what the story actually says. it's not 'he didn't do it' but more 'procedural issues which should have been considered weren't'
e2a: good for him? you're a wrong un and no mistake
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
No, he has only proven that there were procedural problems with the case leading to him having his case quashed. It doesn't make him innocent, nor does it make him not guilty.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Very much on the Ched Evans side of not guilty.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
You're a prick .
ruffneck23
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Raheem
Well-Known Member
It's a shame he'll get to walk around freely, but he has clearly not been exonerated, and presumably he'll find himself a pariah to most for the rest of his days. Which is not nothing.
In related news, the Brian Warner accusations are looking really serious. Unbelievable that people can get away with shite on that level for years and years.
In related news, the Brian Warner accusations are looking really serious. Unbelievable that people can get away with shite on that level for years and years.
IIRC, there were other women also making similar accusations.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
The statute of limitations had expired on the others, which is why only one case was brought, so it looks like the nonce will walk free.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
He may go free but everyone knows he did it. He'll be about as welcome in normal society as a turd in a swimming pool.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Yeah, he'll get to live out the rest of his life being spat at. I guess it's some consolation.
Thing is, rich people are quite able to insulate themselves from normal society. He only needs a relatively small number of friends and family to gather around him for him to lead a happy life now. Which I expect he has and will do.
Meanwhile my heart goes out to all the survivors of his many unpunished criminal acts.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Friends and family? Who's going to want to be the first with their picture on the front page and a headline of 'Nonce Cosby celebrates with closest friends'?
He'll have as many friends as Epstein had after he got caught.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
So, basically Prince Andrew.
I believe his wife has stood by him, no?
I'm sure many will avoid being seen with him in public, but that doesn't mean they won't still support and spend time with him privately.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Countdown to her closing her Twitter account.
She disabled comments.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
However in the society that he actually lives in, he'll be fine.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I guess the backlash had already started.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Its my impression that they've lived separate lives for decades.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
More than 50 women:
Bill Cosby: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Allegations
A look back at a year of mounting accusations, ending in criminal charges.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
Thing is, there is no question of his innocence- he admitted to the crimes after being promised he wouldn't be prosecuted for them. And that promise is what led to him walking free today.
So any defender of him is basically saying a literally confirmed rapist should go free.
So any defender of him is basically saying a literally confirmed rapist should go free.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
i doubt it. amongst even multi-millionaire phila suburbanites he won;t be welcome.
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