Are Cosby Abuse Allegations True?

By Beryl Dalton


Decades of breathtaking comedy have earned Bill Cosby envy the world over. However, the roller coaster seems to have halted with constant news about Cosby abuse allegations. The list of accusers keeps growing and including more cities. His father figure, especially based on his campaign to keep black American boys in school, has received thorough beating.

Andrea Constand came to the limelight in 2005 when she alleged molestation by the comic. She once directed operations for the girls basketball team at Temple University. In the accusations, she was molested after drugging in 2004 in Pennsylvania. She claims that her statement was rejected by the police. This allegation opened the floor for others to emerge.

Tamara Green is another accuser who claims that she was groped after being drugged into unconsciousness. The twelve women who have come forward mention being drugged. The seasoned actor has refuted all the accusations.

Philadelphia Daily News published the story of Beth Ferrier who says that she is one of the anonymous women who filed the case alongside Andrea Constand. Her molestation is said to have taken place in a car in Denver in 1980s. She was drugged before molestation. Though the story was recorded in 2005, the tabloid killed it following pressure by lawyers. Andrea made an out-of-court settlement in 2006.

Barbara Bowman was an upcoming actress in the 1980. She met the comic who became her mentor. She was assaulted on several occasions in New York City and Reno during the period. This story came to light in December of 2006.

The reprinting of the stories of Barbara and Tamara in 2014 trained focus on the comic. Gawker and Newsweek run the stories on several occasions. At the time, different media outlets were planning to feature the comedian or rerun his shows. Netflix has lined a stand-up comedy appearance on November 28th while NBC was preparing a show on an extended family where he would be the patriarch.

Mark Whitaker wrote a biography entitled Cosby, Life and Times. As a renowned journalist with CNN and Newsweek, it was expected that he would include the allegations, but he did not. He claimed that none of them had been verified in court or by an independent witness. This meant that they did not meet the required threshold.

The rapist mention in a comedy show by Hannibal Buress in Philadelphia made the clip to go viral online. The renewed attention saw Daily Mail publish the original allegations made by Barbara Bowman where she refers to him as a monster. Buress told reporters that he has mentioned the case on several shows but these instances did not attract any attention.

Negative attention has affected an apparent return to comedy as well as appearance on popular shows. NBC had been planning a comedy that would have featured the comic as a patriarch in an extended family. Netflix and TV Land have also cancelled their shows. Appearances on Queen Latifahs show and Late Night with David Letterman were also canceled. Support has been scarce but the most notable is Whoopi Goldberg and Phylicia Rashad, a member of his team in the years.




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