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avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:45 AM Mar 2015

Two new accusers say Bill Cosby drugged, sexually assaulted them

Source: Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two more women came forward on Friday accusing veteran comedian Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them decades ago, when they were in their teens.

Sunni Welles and Margie Shapiro joined the more than three dozen women who have accused the 77-year-old comedian of sexual assault, reading statements alongside celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.

Welles said she was a 17-year-old aspiring singer at the time of her encounter with Cosby, which took place in the mid-1960s in Hollywood after a visit to a jazz club.

"He was a star. He was Bill Cosby and I buried it in my memory until all of these brave women began to come forward," said Welles, who sobbed during her statement.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/two-accusers-bill-cosby-drugged-sexually-assaulted-them-220528165.html

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merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. And Chelsea Handler says he may have had the same in mind for her, but,
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:06 AM
Mar 2015

when invited to his hotel room by someone purporting to be inviting her on his behalf, she took two other people with her.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
2. Will it ever end?
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:11 AM
Mar 2015

Man, this guy was anything but funny. ALL of these ladies just walked away? Not sure what to think.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
4. Not sure what you mean
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:30 AM
Mar 2015

Do you mean if you believe them or not? Some guy that helped him do this. They were all young and wanted a career. He was a big star who could have ruined them. And don't forget the times. They wouldn't have been believed. Look at the woman that came out that she had a child by him.

Hekate

(90,537 posts)
3. He is a highly skilled predator, and he had enablers. He preyed on the young and hopeful...
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:20 AM
Mar 2015

This pretty much says it, as far as the state of mind of the women goes:

"He was a star. He was Bill Cosby and I buried it in my memory until all of these brave women began to come forward," said Welles, who sobbed during her statement.

Hekate

(90,537 posts)
11. A spouse can only shut her eyes and stick her fingers in her ears for so long
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 12:34 PM
Mar 2015

It's amazing how self destructive denial is, though some try it for a lifetime, thinking they have no choice.

 

dariomax

(71 posts)
5. There are 3 possibilities
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:48 AM
Mar 2015

1) All of these women are telling the truth
2) All of these women are lying
3) Some (or one) of these women are telling the truth.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
6. And 4) Cosby is possibly a serial rapist still on the loose
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:53 AM
Mar 2015

And if that is true he will not stop even at his age

 

asharpwone

(27 posts)
7. Let's just arrest Bill Cosby and put him in jail
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:53 AM
Mar 2015

awaiting trial.

For a few months or years. Like all the other black defendants.

Oh wait, he's rich?

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