‘CUFF HUXTABLE’: New York Post Cover for Sept 26, 2018
Posted: September 27, 2018 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Bill Cosby, New York Post, news, NYC, Sexual assault, Tabloid, The Cosby Show Leave a commentSource: Covers | New York Post
Introducing: The Roman Polanski Center
Posted: October 11, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, harassment, Harvey Weinstein, Parody, Rape, Rehab, Rehabilitation, Roman Polanski, satire, Sex, Sex Therapy, Sexual Health, Show Business Leave a commentCOSBY: ‘I JUST NEEDED ONE’: New York Post Cover for Sunday June 18, 2017
Posted: June 18, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Bill Cosby, journalism, media, New York City, New York Post, news, Newspaper, Tabloid Leave a commentMugshot of the Day: Bill Cosby
Posted: December 30, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: ABC News, Arraignment, Bill Cosby, Brazos County, drugs, Indecent assault, Jury, Mug shot, Mugshot, Plea, Rape Charges, Sentence (law), Sexual assault, Temple University, The Cosby Show 1 CommentBill Cosby Arraigned for Alleged Aggravated Indecent Assault
Michael Rothmans reports: Bill Cosby arrived in court today after he was charged with alleged aggravated indecent assault earlier this morning by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania.
After court, Cosby headed to the Cheltenham Police Department, where his mugshot was taken and he was processed.
The comedian, 78, entered the courtroom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, around 2:30 p.m., walking arm-in-arm with his legal team. He will next appear in court on Jan. 14 and his bail was set at $1 million for the second-degree felony counts against him.
“We examined all the evidence and we made this determination because it was the right thing to do.”
— First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele
Cosby’s passport was also turned over to the court and he did not enter a plea.
The famed comedian has always maintained his innocence since being accused more than 10 years ago by former Temple University employee Andrea Constand of sexual assault. With that case about to reach the statute of limitations next month, First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele said his office had decided to proceed with the second-degree felony charge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bill Cosby Tried to Ban Me From TV’
Posted: July 30, 2015 Filed under: Censorship, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Bill Cosby, Facebook, Janis Ian, Johnny Carson, Lesbian, Mason Williams, New York Magazine, Sexual assault, Smothers Brothers, Society's Child: My Autobiography, Television, The Cosby Show Leave a commentMannie Holmes reports: Singer Janis Ian has added her voice to the many who are speaking out against Bill Cosby since numerous sexual assault allegations have come out against the comedic icon.
“Cosby, seeing me asleep in the chaperone’s lap, had made it his business to ‘warn’ other shows that I wasn’t ‘suitable family entertainment,’ was probably a lesbian, and shouldn’t be on television.”
Ian penned a Facebook post this week, sharing her own story about her personal experience with Cosby.
“I have a personal stake,” she wrote, linking to the recent New York Magazine cover story in which 35 Cosby accusers told their stories. “No, I was not sexually bothered by Bill Cosby. We met because he was curious about me.”
She wrote that her story began when her hit, “Society’s Child,” dominated the charts when she was only sixteen years old. She then made an appearance on the variety show “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.” Due to months of being on the road and the controversy surrounding “Society’s Child,” Ian said she was exhausted at the show’s taping.
“I needed to sleep. So I fell asleep in my chaperone’s lap. She was earth motherly, I was scared. It was good to rest,” she wrote.
[Read the full story here, at Variety]
Shortly after the taping, Ian was informed that she had been blackballed from appearing on television. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I’m No Longer Afraid’: 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Clinton, and the Culture That Wouldn’t Listen
Posted: July 26, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, The Butcher's Notebook, White House | Tags: Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Democratic Party (United States), drugs, Governor, Governor of Arkansas, Hillary Clinton, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, New York Magazine, President, Qualudes, Rape Allegations, Roman Polanski, satire, Sexual assault 6 CommentsNew York Magazine’s Cosby feature
Reed Humanities Professor: ‘In light of the serious stress you have caused your classmates, I feel that I have no other choice’
Posted: March 19, 2015 Filed under: Education, Politics | Tags: Bill Cosby, Buzzfeed, Campus, CBC News, Christina Hoff Sommers, Jian Ghomeshi, Katherine Timpf, Rape, Rape culture, Reed College, Rolling Stone, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Student 1 CommentApparently, feelings are more important than facts
Katherine Timpf writes: A student at Reed College in Portland claims he was banned from class discussions mainly because he questioned a rape “statistic” — even though that “statistic” has been debunked — just because other students said they were uncomfortable.
Nineteen-year-old Jeremiah True told BuzzFeed News that his Humanities 110 professor, Pancho Savery, had warned him that his views on campus sexual assault were bothering other students — before ultimately sending True an e-mail telling him he was forbidden from participating in the “conference” portion of the class at all.
“Please know that this was a difficult decision for me to make and one that I have never made before; nevertheless, in light of the serious stress you have caused your classmates, I feel that I have no other choice,” the e-mail stated, according to BuzzFeed. Read the rest of this entry »