(Newser) – Most people have heard about Bill Cosby's reaction to being found guilty Thursday on three counts of sexual assault against Andrea Constand, but now it's time for the women to speak. One of the first to respond to the 80-year-old comedian's conviction: ex-model Janice Dickinson, who ...
Bill Cosby accuser Lili Bernard and activist Bird Milliken protest outside the Montgomery county courthouse Tuesday in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images. The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what's happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you're not ...
Bill Cosby accuser Lili Bernard and activist Bird Milliken protest outside the Montgomery county courthouse Tuesday in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images. The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what's happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you're not ...
This is because of a lack of physical evidence of sexual assault, as in Cosby's case, and court proceedings that depend largely on contradictory testimony from defendant and accuser. Also, in many of the US cases, the statutes of limitation have expired, meaning the alleged crimes occurred too long ago ...
SIMON: What would you make, though, of the defense attorney Kathleen Bliss also telling the jurors that questioning an accuser is not blaming the victim? You're an attorney. You know that a defense attorney is supposed to provide a vigorous defense. GOLDBERG: I do think that the verdict does ...
You know, not believing the accuser in sex crimes has always been a barrier to justice. You know, victims who are largely women are entering a system where historically they've failed. About 2 percent of sexual assault cases see an arrest. And that is because of bias. You know, victims are perceived as ...
How many of Bill Cosby's few dozen accusers can you name? If you're anything like me, probably between zero and three — and yet Cosby, through his lawyers, argued in court that the women who accused him of drugging and assaulting them years ago lied about their experiences with him out of a ...
Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand smiles as she listens during a news conference after Cosby was found guilty in his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. The woman Bill Cosby was convicted of sexually assaulting tweeted "Truth prevails" Friday, the morning after a jury ...
Sitting on her hands because they were shaking so much, she became one of the few of Mr. Cosby's dozens of accusers to face him again, helping secure his felony convictions on Thursday for sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee. “I realized I had the strength to look in the face of ...
Sitting on her hands because they were shaking so much, she became one of the few of Mr. Cosby's dozens of accusers to face him again, helping secure his felony convictions on Thursday for sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee. “I realized I had the strength to look in the face of ...
