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In reply to the discussion: the unspoken meaning behind the hyperbolic praise Cosby is getting on tour: [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)37. it's hard to believe that
that somebody can get away with that for so long.
And people coming forward forty or fifty years later? Not that it is something that you'd forget (although, I have to admit, that at age 52 I do not remember much of anything from 1970, when I was 8), but really, how do you prove, or disprove, a forty year allegation?
I have to note as well, though, that it appears there may be some money involved "Savile's estate, believed to be worth about £4 million, was frozen by its executors, the NatWest bank, in view of the possibility that those alleging that they had been assaulted by Savile could make claims for damages."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile#Public_image_and_friendships
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BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2014
OP
"That's guilty until proven innocent., in the court of public opinion."
unrepentant progress
Nov 2014
#5
It's the same reason people defended Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#7
And, it must be admitted, Cosby's public persona is endearing. It's a loveable persona and
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#11
yes, it's very hard to overcome a kind persona. predators know this, too.
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2014
#18
oh, you didn't know about the backlog of rape kits left in police storage rooms?
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2014
#34
Ah, yes, the disruptors. They're like dust. You can get rid of most of it but not all. nt
valerief
Nov 2014
#17
You don't think you'd remember being raped or sexually abused at the age of 8?
gollygee
Nov 2014
#49
It's especially strange when you consider that his audience is primarily
rudolph the red
Nov 2014
#54