BILL COSBY: COMEDIAN OR RAPIST

O.K. I guess it's possible that one man could be both a comedian and a rapist. With the latest additional allegations there are thirty women who claim that Bill Cosby raped/sexually assaulted them. Is it possible that thirty different women would make such incredibly horrible and nasty allegations against the same man, falsely? For what possible gain? As I understand it the Statute of Limitations has long ago expired. Therefore no criminal charges and they can't even bring a civil claim. If true the man is an animal.

I am at a loss on this one and I expect there are millions more who feel the same. I have seen a couple of women behave badly and throw out false allegations and charges against a man. Criminal charges no. Thirty women no. I don't know the credibility of any of the thirty and yes I've been a fan of Bill Cosby since his days with Robert Culp on the TV show "I Spy".

All that said I would say that on the balance of probabilities I believe the thirty unknown (to me at least) women. This is not a charge that very many people tend to make even with some reasonable possibility of a sucessful prosecution and punishment. To make it with no expectation of either only adds to their credibility. I do wish that there were some hard evidence including notarized statements from the alleged victims. I wish Mr. Cosby would offer to take a polygraph even though I understand they are not admissable in court. Today's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story "Cosby gets standing ovation from large Kitchener audience".