Among Friends

[chrystaltree]

I didn't see that coming.  But it's probably a brilliant strategy.  It seems like his attorneys chose some of the most vocal accusers who allege the attacks happened many, many decades ago and have nothing but their word to go on.  My friend the lawyer says it's a two-fer.  He'll win those carefully selected  cases and this lets his lawyers dig into the women's private lives.  If they have to pay him damages and court fees and if embarrassing facts from their lives are made public; many of the big group will drop their lawsuits and stop talking and he can quietly settle with some others.  That would put an end to the parade of accusers and he can live his remaining years in peace. I don't know if she's right but it's interesting. 

[Goldengate8361]

He'll never live in peace. He's already "lost" his reputation/name in the public at large. The truth is...that everyone (including me) believe the women. At this point, nothing he can do will change the way he is perceived. The best possible thing he could do would be to "come clean" and apologize--and we know he'll never do that.

[sidsmom]

Has he ever been officially charged with anything?

If not, is he suing for slander?  

Honestly, I'm kinda/sorta surprised he hasn't done this sooner.

[Tinkrbl44]

Well, according to this link he just lost another honorary degree this week, also .... is he going to sue to get them back?    This guy fails to realize that he has no reputation left to salvage.    

I hope Gloria Allred gets involved .... while I'm really not a fan of hers,  I would never want her coming after me for anything!   She's a real shark!

http://www.tvguide.com/news/bill-cosby-countersues-seven-accusers-demands-a-public-retraction/

[Moonchilde]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Well, according to this link he just lost another honorary degree this week, also .... is he going to sue to get them back?    This guy fails to realize that he has no reputation left to salvage.    

I hope Gloria Allred gets involved .... while I'm really not a fan of hers,  I would never want her coming after me for anything!   She's a real shark!

http://www.tvguide.com/news/bill-cosby-countersues-seven-accusers-demands-a-public-retraction/

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As far as I recall, she is involved, representing a few (2-4?) of the accusers in LA. She's been on the news a few times, ongoing.

[qvcaddition]

While I do not condone what he allegedly did, and not blaming the victims, what was a then 15 year old doing at the Playmate mansion?  Why did some go to his room? What did they think he wanted to do, play scrabble?.  Again, not blaming them, but if I go to a man,s room at a hotel, I,m not that dumb.  They were expecting something from him, but not what did allegedly happen.

Maybe his suing will be a good thing for future young women to be careful in their choices

[Mz iMac]

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@chrystaltree wrote:

I didn't see that coming. 

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I did.  I wondered why he waited???

[Tinkrbl44]

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@qvcaddition wrote:

While I do not condone what he allegedly did, and not blaming the victims, what was a then 15 year old doing at the Playmate mansion?  Why did some go to his room? What did they think he wanted to do, play scrabble?.  Again, not blaming them, but if I go to a man,s room at a hotel, I,m not that dumb.  They were expecting something from him, but not what did allegedly happen.

Maybe his suing will be a good thing for future young women to be careful in their choices

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Well, keep in mind that he's a predator ... and many times a predator comes across as nice, friendly, helpful, trustworthy etc etc etc until he has them alone.  Back then, he was friendly funny Cliff Huxtable on the Cosby show.   I'm sure they thought that's who he really was.