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BananasPineapple05 Mar 23, 2026 +622

When a man is let out of jail on a technicality rather than because he was found innocent... When a man publicly talks a lot about the drugs he'd slip women to get them "in the mood"... When a man integrates jokes about the sexual impact of certain substances in his own "family friendly" sitcom... he might be a serial rapist, yeah.

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theknyte Mar 23, 2026 +146

>*When a man integrates jokes about the sexual impact of certain substances in his own "family friendly" sitcom...* Yeah, that BBQ sauce scene hits completely different these days, don't it?

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ZombieBiteOintment Mar 24, 2026 +34

There is a similar scene that hits weird in Seinfeld when Kramer takes the Merv Griffin set. Jerry gets questioned by Kramer and it really paints a pervy image of Jerry when looked at in conjunction with his dating that young girl after the show ended

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[deleted] Mar 24, 2026 +16

There's literally a whole storyline of them peeking at underage cleavage.

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shags2a Mar 24, 2026 +11

There is literally an episode where he drugged his gf so that he can playe with toys in her home when she is sleeping

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NateDogTX Mar 24, 2026 +23

Not "drugged" in the date r*** sense, though. They fed her turkey, heavy gravy, and wine, which she consumed knowingly and willingly. But yes, it was a ruse to get her to fall asleep so they could play with her vintage toys (against her wishes).

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[deleted] Mar 24, 2026 +6

That's the same episode.

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previouslyonimgur Mar 23, 2026 +118

Just to be clear. Technicalities are the backbone of the law. I’m not saying he’s innocent, or that he should be free. But the person who’s let out of jail because the DA hid evidence is also let out on a technicality. And the changes in the law around his case, and then the eventual overturning, while infuriating and denies justice, was correct. When you provide someone an immunity deal in exchange for hearing full accounts, revoking that deal, then infringed on cosby’s right to not self incriminate. And no he couldn’t have denied the deal, because once you have an immunity agreement, you can be held for contempt if you don’t testify (as you can’t be charged for your speech). None of this is popular, and no one wants to think about this because he’s a self admitted monster. But the law protects people, and DA’s can’t ignore the law just for one person, because that’s a slippery f****** slope.

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Rocinante24 Mar 24, 2026 +37

Yup, it sucks that he's a disgusting piece of shit and he deserves to be in prison. But it's completely wrong for the government to offer someone a deal in exchange for a confession, then throw out the deal and use the confession against them. Especially, because, as you said, once the agree to a deal like that they are legally responsible to tell the truth and can't withhold information anymore.

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Saitoh17 Mar 24, 2026 +22

I mean the *Bill of Rights* is a hell of a technicality...

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tamsui_tosspot Mar 24, 2026 +3

"[W]hen the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?"

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Masark Mar 24, 2026 +3

> When you provide someone an immunity deal in exchange for hearing full accounts, revoking that deal, then infringed on cosby’s right to not self incriminate. Worth mentioning these actions were by two different people. The first DA functionally issued him an r*** omni-pardon for a weregild.

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colemon1991 Mar 24, 2026 +1

It's more infuriating how this mistake even happened. It's a high profile case. A mistake like this looks intentional when you think about it. What city would trust a DA that screwed up this badly? That's like a career ender.

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Catch_ME Mar 24, 2026 +22

Call it what you want, the constitution is the highest law. Higher than any loophole the DA found. That's what the PA Supreme Court decided. You cannot be forced to testify against yourself.

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KenScaletta Mar 24, 2026 -1

In a criminal case. There is no 5th Amendment protection for a civil case.

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Catch_ME Mar 24, 2026 +3

PA Supreme Court disagrees with you. They overturned the criminal case.

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KenScaletta Mar 24, 2026 -1

Which has nothing to do with this civil case or with whether the 5th Amendment applies to civil cases.

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jizzlevania Mar 24, 2026

That's not what technicality means. Getting out of jail because of prosecutorial misconduct is not a technicality, it's justice. A technicality is a rapist getting out of jail because a DA made a secret agreement years prior to not prosecute if they could record him admitting to everything. Words have meaning that you don't get to change to gaslight people.

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FiftyShadesOfGregg Mar 24, 2026 +4

It’s not a technicality and it wasn’t a secret. It’s the constitution. He was given immunity in order to testify to a full account — granting immunity to a guilty person in exchange for information is a *very common and necessary* practice and it would eviscerate constitutional protections to hold that a future DA could renege on that immunity and use the confession against you.

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previouslyonimgur Mar 23, 2026 +6

Presumption of innocence to whom exactly? The general public? Sure. In a court for a criminal trial? No f****** way. I don’t care if he’s standing over the body w a bottle of Rohypnol. In the United States EVERYONE has a presumption of innocence in a criminal trial. He is innocent until proven guilty.

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fxkatt Mar 23, 2026 +15

Yes, in this case a technicality, in other cases of celebs and politicians, it's stepping away, stepping down, or endless appeals with no or short prison time.

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 23, 2026 +8

A court of law doesn't find anyone innocent either way. You would require a complete different justice system to get this.

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Catch_ME Mar 23, 2026 +38

He was forced to give up his 5th amendment right to remain silent in a civil case. They decided to criminally charge him anyway. If the court did not release Cosby, the state's ability to guarantee immunity for 5th amendment waivers is gone.

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BananasPineapple05 Mar 23, 2026 +7

I'm not blaming anyone else. I'm merely pointing out that Cosby doesn't get to have the presumption of innocence.

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StarktechJanitor Mar 24, 2026 -8

He didn't deserve it. We bent over backwards to protect his rights but ICE executes people without a trial so it doesn't matter.

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Training_Stuff7498 Mar 24, 2026

You don’t have a 5th amendment right in civil cases. In criminal cases, you cannot be forced to testify against yourself. Jurors are told they cannot hold their silence against them. In civil cases you can be forced to testify against yourself. And seeing as how it’s impossible to actually force someone to talk, jurors are instructed to construe their silence as the worst possible answer.

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vasion123 Mar 24, 2026 +16

He wasn't let out on a technicality, his constitutional right to not self incriminate was violated. A DA can't ignore laws. Yes he is a monster and I hope every single second of his life is misery but he waived his 5th amendment rights for a civil case for immunity in criminal, and they charged him anyways.

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lumpboysupreme Mar 24, 2026 -1

That’s what getting off on a technicality means: being guilty based on the evidence but released because of a violation of procedures meant to uphold the rights of the accused.

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FiftyShadesOfGregg Mar 24, 2026 +3

That’s not a “technicality,” that’s the backbone of our entire system of criminal justice.

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lumpboysupreme Mar 24, 2026 -2

Do you know what ‘technicality’ means or do you just think it’s ’things I don’t care about or think are unimportant’?

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FiftyShadesOfGregg Mar 24, 2026 +4

A technicality refers to a *small* or *minor* rule. This is not a small or minor rule, it’s a constitutionally protected right. It is therefore not a technicality. I don’t think *you* know what a “technicality” means.

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lumpboysupreme Mar 24, 2026 -2

Literally every time you hear the term ‘legal technicality’ matter with respect to a legal verdict it’s used to refer to something that involves breaking a constitutionally protected right, that doesn’t disagree with me at all.

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FiftyShadesOfGregg Mar 24, 2026 +5

No, it doesn’t. I’m an attorney. We’d never call a constitutional right a technicality. A technicality is when you didn’t check the local local rules and your motion was capped at 15 pages, but you had two lines go over onto the 16th page so it was rejected by the clerk. Or a step up— there are thousands of laws that have nothing to do with constitutional rights that may by some be considered to be technicalities. Your vitamin label wasn’t allowed to say the word “heals”, you were supposed to say “helps” or “promotes.” Your traffic ticket was dismissed because the officer didn’t write the correct date. Your contract is invalid because it was required to be written. There are tons of actual legal technicalities— the constitution isn’t one.

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Certain_Luck_8266 Mar 24, 2026 +2

I wouldn't call it a technicality...more like prosecutorial malfeasance.

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lumpboysupreme Mar 24, 2026 +1

That’s what a technicality is, yes. It doesn’t just mean ‘when someone isn’t convicted and I’m mad about it’. Getting off on a technicality means they weren’t convicted even though the evidence makes it clear they’re guilty. Which in this case it does.

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VladislavThePoker Mar 24, 2026

I feel like we all just shined that "I do gynecology in my basement" shit on

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gotrings Mar 23, 2026 +79

"Motsinger sued Cosby after California amended its laws to change the statutes of limitations on when accusers can file sexual assault cases. In remarks after the jury’s verdict, she described the trial as a five-decade-long effort to get justice." I commend this women for seeking justice for herself, no matter how long it may take. Also, send this POS to rot and throw away the key

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love_is_an_action Mar 23, 2026 +5

Where is the quoted section of your comment from? I don't see it in the linked article.

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RunDNA Mar 23, 2026 +12

It's from this article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/bill-cosby-guilty-sexual-assault-civil-trial

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love_is_an_action Mar 24, 2026 +7

Thanks so much!

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Internet_Mu Mar 23, 2026 +176

We’re swimming in a sea of abuse. This planet is so gross right now.

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[deleted] Mar 23, 2026 +93

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theonewhoknockwurst Mar 23, 2026 +43

Seriously, as a man with 2 young daughters, after watching Manosphere I am beyond disgusted. We all know dudes like that, but seeing the influence over so many young boys and girl is disheartening. What are we doing?

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DoctorGregoryFart Mar 24, 2026 +12

My childhood best friend fell into the red pill stuff. Last time I talked to him, he told me Tate had some good ideas. I told him he has a mother and a daughter, and he should be ashamed of himself. He's way too old to be falling for this shit, but he was never very bright. Hell, he's a Trump supporter now. I'll I miss my friend, but I don't think I'll ever talk to him again.

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Wolfwoods_Sister Mar 24, 2026 +8

As a woman, thank you for standing up and confronting him. That’s more than most people would’ve done.

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Internet_Mu Mar 24, 2026 +6

More of us men need to call out abuse. It’s a mans issue, we should not be looking towards the victims to solve this. I see men pretend it’s not happening or minimizing it because it doesn’t directly affect them. And the classic, blaming women. This is obviously bullshit and needs to be called out. Men, you’re not being an alpha male, a ladies man, a fuckboy you’re being a scumbag and should be labeled as such.

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RealAssociation5281 Mar 24, 2026 +1

It was a good watch but yeah…

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Internet_Mu Mar 23, 2026 +6

That makes me feel slightly better. Thank you. I think we should call them the scumbag class. Out of respect to the good men out there.

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Rocinante24 Mar 24, 2026 +1

School systems, parents, everyone who cares for children, they need to treat the manosphere like the f****** third Reich. Like, don't even give kids context, just tell them these guys on YouTube have catastrophic mental disorders and to move on.

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Internet_Mu Mar 24, 2026 +1

Yes, they need to be used as examples of being mentally unbalanced because that’s what they are.

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[deleted] Mar 23, 2026 +1

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A1sauc3d Mar 23, 2026 +28

Gross right now? Because it’s coming to light and people are starting to be held accountable? This stuff has been going on the whole time it’s just that it used to be swept under the rug by default, and which is empirically more “gross”

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TrixnTim Mar 24, 2026 +2

I’m 62. Have had a front row seat to it since I was 7-years-old. We are a sick populace.

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Internet_Mu Mar 23, 2026 +7

I’m also including the scumbags bombing innocent people who also happen to be pedophiles and rapists. They’re all over our screens 🤢

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liquidocean Mar 23, 2026 +7

Always has been

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bavmotors1 Mar 24, 2026 +6

its horrible now but it was never better in the past

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AceOBlade Mar 24, 2026 +2

i wager it was worse, mfs glaze Genghis khan thinking he was spitting game or something?

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gmkeros Mar 26, 2026 +1

Dunno, I heard 750.003BC was pretty nice

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UnitSmall2200 Mar 25, 2026 +1

What's with the "right now" ? You think things used to be better in the past? The past used to be worse. Only blissfully ignorant young people or old people who lived in a bubble could think the past was better

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PaulSarlo Mar 23, 2026 +10

I don't think he's going to respond with an arrogant "hey hey hey!" this time.

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hereforgetaway Mar 23, 2026 +13

Atleast glad that he got back his karma. Better late than never.

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LorderNile Mar 23, 2026 +51

I could've told you that.

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Hayabusa_Blacksmith Mar 23, 2026 +56

why are you withholding information that can help victims get some semblance of justice?? you monster

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jalexgray4 Mar 23, 2026 +25

Seriously - f*** that guy.

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LorderNile Mar 24, 2026 +3

I have made... a severe, and continuous lapse in my judgement.

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NotUniqueWorkAccount Mar 23, 2026 +4

Ya ya, f*** his mom too!

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NSYK Mar 23, 2026 +3

Already did

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the_mind_goblin1 Mar 24, 2026 +4

could you have proven it in court

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McCoy818 Mar 23, 2026 +26

53 years to get a verdict. thats not justice, thats a lifetime sentence for the victim

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Pale-Inspector-8094 Mar 25, 2026 +5

You have to be white and super rich to behave like that and get away with it

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No-Exercise-5316 Mar 23, 2026 +16

thats over 50 years ago.. good lawyers to prove this

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Far-Conflict-1172 Mar 24, 2026 +11

His own sealed testimony about getting quaaludes to drug and r*** women did him in.

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gamesplague Mar 24, 2026 -2

I wonder why he ever admitted that.

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smittyleafs Mar 23, 2026 +15

It's a given that Cosby was a date rapist at this point. I'm just curious how you prove charges like this so many years after the fact.

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horrorshowjack Mar 24, 2026 +14

Civil, not criminal. Preponderance of evidence standard rather than beyond a reasonable doubt.

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neroselene Mar 24, 2026 +6

I keep forgetting Bill Cosby is alive, I keep thinking he died in like 2017 for some reason.

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Captain_America_93 Mar 23, 2026 +20

Genuine question, how does Cosby face so many consequences from all of his sexual assault and Trump hasn’t? Trump has literally bragged about it multiple times

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blankvoidoid Mar 23, 2026 +34

Cosby doesn't have a whole department of "justice" and fbi covering his ass.

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Captain_America_93 Mar 23, 2026 +8

True. I suppose Trump also has a record of intimidation and being ruthless with people that they withdrew their cases

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HumansNeedNotApply1 Mar 23, 2026 +13

Does he? He got the criminal conviction threw out. And has he even paid a cent from the civil trials he lost?

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MadRaymer Mar 23, 2026 +9

He's had *some* consequences, which is certainly more than Trump's *zero* consequences. But given the number of women he's likely assaulted, the consequences Cosby has faced thus far are nowhere near proportional to his crimes.

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darthjoey91 Mar 24, 2026 +13

Cosby’s black.

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aimless_ly Mar 23, 2026 +10

I don’t know if you noticed, but they look a little different.

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FiftyShadesOfGregg Mar 24, 2026 +2

Trump *has* been found liable in civil trials and ordered to pay a total of $88.3 million to one victim of sexual assault (Carroll)

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Have_A_Jelly_Baby Mar 24, 2026 +1

Easy. Cosby doesn’t have the entirety of the US government on his side.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 -1

People all those women are lying and want to get paid

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Captain_America_93 Mar 24, 2026 +2

Idk if you’re a troll or genuinely this stupid. A quick glance at your other comments tells me it’s both.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026

Women lie about grape and abuse all the time. Now that they can possibly get some money it is game on

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Captain_America_93 Mar 24, 2026 +1

And men organize cabals to r*** women and abuse women all the time. Ever heard of Epstein and Trump? The difference is now they have supporters like you who think women deserve it

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026

Johnny Depp, Jonathan majors, Morgan Freeman, Trevor Bauer, Brian Banks and I can list like 20 more real quick if you life. And those are just a very small number of famous men, who had video and photos of women lying. Yeah, women lie about abuse and grape a lot. Just like they are lying about Cosby. I still remember the white woman saying Cosby grape her and she came back, stayed in contact with him and took her family to his show.

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Captain_America_93 Mar 24, 2026 +1

Those are just a very small number of actual r*** cases. There’s over 250,000 women being raped a year. You’ve listed 5 that happened over several years. That’s a bad ratio for your incel argument.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026

250k isn't that much. We have more women killing ( abortion ) their children, lying about who the father is, and lying about abuse and r***

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Captain_America_93 Mar 24, 2026 +1

Woah. Don’t cut yourself on that edge there kiddo.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026

Sadly to women already cut that kid into pieces. It has already begun

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Sedert1882 Mar 23, 2026 +3

This guy's such a huge disappointment.

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Past-Perspective968 Mar 24, 2026 +14

1972? Yes, I believe Bill Cosby (and Trump while we're at it) is human garbage but, **objectively speaking**, 50 years is way too long ago for someone to bring up a civil suit to get someone's earnings post the event. I can't believe the law doesn't have a statute of limitations on civil liability like it does with criminal liability. Actually, I there are laws related to enforcement of contracts where if you don't enforce your rights within a certain timeframe, you have given up your rights. I know some will be automatically inclined to downvote me. How about you instead defend your point?

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blackangelsdeathsong Mar 24, 2026 +6

I believe many states passed laws during the "Me too" movement to drastically increase the time of statute of limitations in such cases. No one wants to argue the legality of retroactively making such old cases now valid again because it would be really bad look.

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gamesplague Mar 24, 2026 +3

The Ratchet Effect.

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Past-Perspective968 Mar 24, 2026 -18

Well, it's insane. Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, perhaps he should look into that in addition to helping Trump permanently hurting America's place in the world. Although I 100% believe that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford (Kavanaugh's calendar lined up with her testimony!), I still don't think what he did at 18 should be relevant over 30 years later.

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Charliegirl03 Mar 24, 2026 +6

So if someone manages to get away with a crime for 30 years they shouldn’t be punished? It’s just not relevant anymore?

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Past-Perspective968 Mar 24, 2026 +1

If the victim had ample amount of time to report a crime, but didn't, at a certain point they lose their right to press charges. With Kavanaugh, **everyone** agreed that he could never be prosecuted for the crime due to statute of limitations. Who is the same person in their 50s versus when they were 18? At some point, it is no longer relevant, except in the case of murder.

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MaxPlanck_420 Mar 24, 2026 -2

No, they should be punished. I think the biggest argument here is that changes to statute of limitations should not be able to be applied retroactively.

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brucebrowde Mar 24, 2026 +11

Agreed. Bill should be rotting in jail, that's one thing. Another thing is allowing suits to be brought up for crimes 50 years ago. There's no way evidence and especially witness testimonies are going to be anywhere close to being the full truth after so much time. This is pretty much guaranteed to be misused to hurt innocent people way more than punish criminals.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 +1

Because he got horny dumb bitches to f***

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Hothacon Mar 24, 2026 +4

*"Huh.....i was so busy not seeing color, I couldn't see the raping either..."* -Peter Griffin

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Have_A_Jelly_Baby Mar 24, 2026 +6

He’ll just appeal it until he dies. No one just hands over $19 million over one court loss.

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One_Tumbleweed_1 Mar 24, 2026 +3

I thought he was dead for some reason and his estate was getting sued. I'm surprised f***** couldn't pay trump to get him out of it cause that's what every other pedo and rapist is doing.

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gldoorii Mar 23, 2026 +10

Should’ve ran for president and he’d be fine

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AdvancedAd7068 Mar 23, 2026 +2

Loop hooooooole

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MaygarRodub Mar 23, 2026 +3

But you go on about your business, Mr. Cosby.

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Sufficient-Quote-431 Mar 24, 2026 +1

That’s a lot of pudding pops, and Kodak film! Rudy!

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PigFarmer1 Mar 25, 2026 +1

Ask E. Jean Carroll how that works.

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No_Tone1704 Mar 24, 2026 -1

Cosby is a sht person. Granted. But 1972???? How is there evidence. Over 50 years ago.

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Paralta Mar 23, 2026

Did she have Saul Goodman as a lawyer? Over 50 years is a long time

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 +1

I need saul

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r3f_assist Mar 24, 2026 +1

Still waiting on those Epstein files.

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GreatOne1969 Mar 24, 2026

Not defending what he allegedly did, but 1972, really? 50+ years later and it’s a civil matter? Burden of proof much lower than criminal charges….

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QuietCola-Roaster Mar 23, 2026 -5

54 years. That is the ‘right to a speedy trial’ at full gallop.

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Specialist-Web-9216 Mar 24, 2026

I'm all for the people getting their justice but what happened to the statute of limitations?

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PeopleMilk Mar 24, 2026

Genuine question, how do they arrive at this number?

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buenonocheseniorgato Mar 24, 2026

I have heard a lot about Cosby's crimes, can someone be gracious enough to sum up the material evidence presented against him in this specific case ?

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 -4

Their is no evidence. And many of those women were found to have high ass body counts and were in drug parties

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buenonocheseniorgato Mar 25, 2026

What ? Is this man convicted by no material evidence and just hearsay ? wtf

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Only_lost_death Mar 25, 2026 +1

Like joe biden and trump but every one should did voted for them on both sides. So you all support a f****** predator to be the most powerful person on the planet. And allow them to lead the country and make laws in their image. Yeah, that shit is beyond more fucked up

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buenonocheseniorgato Mar 25, 2026 +1

There probably *is* material evidence against the former two, and there is something little called due process and you actually need to submit said evidence yes. He said/she said isn't material evidence. Especially after half a century has passed since the alleged crime.

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Only_lost_death Mar 25, 2026

Why do you think Cosby is a free man deep shit. Their is no evidence at all. In fact, we have more evidence from those Epstein files but no white man in jail. But they are elected leaders

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JazzlikeEntry8288 Mar 24, 2026

If he dies before paying out the civil suit to the plaintiff, does his estate continue fighting the case or does the payout happen because the defendant is no longer alive to actively not pay it? In other words, I don't expect Cosby to pay the judgment if he's alive, does this change if he dies?

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Interesting-Risk6446 Mar 26, 2026 +1

All his money and his entire estate is in his wife's name. No money will be paid since Bill is technically indigent.

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 -1

She isn't getting a dime

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MAVvH Mar 24, 2026

The million was cut off for me so I legitimately thought she was awarded $19

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fritz_76 Mar 24, 2026

he looks like he opened up his chocolate pudding only to find it full of poo

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EggplantKey5266 Mar 24, 2026 -1

He paid $19 million and he’s worth over $400 million. Keep got off light. Just like his sentence and jail, he got off light and he got out early for good behavior. Imagine that. Would a great actor.

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UnitSmall2200 Mar 25, 2026

What about all the others? The fact that this guy only spent 2 years in jail and that that was legally correct, is one of many examples that the justice system is BS. Others go to prison for much longer for far less.

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David_Daranc Mar 23, 2026 -13

même pas un million par ans...il a juste fallu 54 ans d'instruction ?

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Only_lost_death Mar 24, 2026 -4

I am white and I say so, right there. I am tired of lying azz woman and society attacking with no evidence

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AJH05004 Mar 24, 2026 +2

F****** loser

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PigFarmer1 Mar 25, 2026

Found King Donnie's secret account.

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Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972, awards her more than $19 million | CNN

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