That’s the thing I truly didn’t understand, those high power lawyers didn’t think to get this deal in writing being the nature of his case. But you’re correct, @dwalk31, it’s not needed.
On another note, what I found interesting that some of those women kept going back 3-4 times in knowing what was going on. One went back 15 times, which is probably why Cosby’s presumption of why he’s innocent. Only 1 or 2 women never returned, if I recalled correctly.
I dunno about the other victims but here is Constand's own words:
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Embattled comedian Bill Cosby faced off Friday for a second time with the woman who could put him behind bars for the rest of his life, as Andrea Constand took the stand to describe allegedly being drugged and molested by “America’s Dad” in 2004.
Wearing a white blazer and coral sweater, the 45-year-old massage therapist calmly relayed how the now-80-year-old entertainer offered her what she believed was an herbal supplement to combat her stress — but instead rendered her immobile.
“Mr. Cosby reached his hand out, and there were three blue pills in his hand. He said, ‘These are your friends, they’ll help take the edge off,'” Constand told jurors in Montgomery County Court. “I said, ‘Do I put them under my tongue?’ He said, ‘Put them down, they’ll help you relax.'”
“My mouth became very cottony, and I felt like foam had built up, and my mouth became very dry. Mr. Cosby said, ‘I think you need to relax,'” she recalled. “I knew something was wrong.”
“My legs felt really rubbery, I didn’t have a lot of strength,” she added. “He walked me through to another room where there was a sofa. He placed me on the sofa, on my left side, and he placed a pillow under my head, and said, ‘Just relax there.'”
Constand then awoke to find herself being sexually assaulted, she claimed.
At the risk of being labelled a "misogynist" or "victim blamer" by "the court" for even asking, would any of you take unknown pills from someone you don't know just because they are famous?
Ex: You somehow find yourself at (insert famous person's) exclusive after party and (insert famous person) offers you a pill to "relax".
Do you take it?
Who is accountable for the action of knowingly and willingly choosing to ingest a foreign substance from someone you don't know?
Would these same events have been possible if a different choice ("No thank You Mr. Cosby, I'll be fine") was made?
Even if it was your daughter and you taught her from childhood "Don't take candy from strangers" - would you, as a Father, not have any feelings in your heart about her taking pills from famous men, women (or anyone else)?
Not even for a second even if you kept it inside? You wouldn't be even a little pissed that she made that decision?
My Mom / Dad would whoop my *** if they saw me even talking to a stranger when I was a kid. Are they victim blaming?
If we have gotten to the point that we cant look at the whole picture objectively then the court of Public Opinion is indeed biased more towards feelings than facts.
The first DA had to think critically because the standard is MUCH higher in a Court of Law (criminal vs civil / beyond a reasonable doubt vs preponderance of the evidence) and he knew he didn't have enough evidence for a criminal conviction and w/o Cosby's testimony the defense would certainly ask the questions above - and probably much more once Constand took the stand.
Where the first DA went wrong was the whole immunity deal BS.
These facts didn't change just because a new DA came in.
W/O Cosby's immunity deal testimony, the defense would have shredded these victims.
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