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A highlight from Exploring Art, Laughter and Resilience with Illustrator, Jason Seiler!
"Y en ese hombre, hold another bottle. Look a little closer, cigar and Moscato. An actor in improv coming from Chicago. Auto, make way for Paul Vato. Bravo, and welcome everybody to another episode of Palo Alto Presents. And today my very special guest is Jason Seiler, who, judging by your Instagram, instagram .com slash Seiler pants, you make pants. Oh yeah, yeah, I got mostly made in Wisconsin, yeah. Wisconsin, Wisconsin, China, Jaina, Jaina. No, it's Seiler Paints, Paints. Seiler Paints, I think I got the wrong guy. I need a pair of pants and I thought you could hook me up with a pair of pants, nevermind. Folks, I'm just kidding, of course. I'm not the pants guy. I'm not a pants guy either, now in the time of Zoom calls and COVID and whatnot. No need to wear pants. No. My guest is Jason Seiler, who paints. He's an illustrator, he's an artist. He does caricatures. He's done the cover of Time Magazine various times with people like the Pope. And who was your other cover that you did? I've done Trump and Pelosi and a bunch of other political people, Biden and Kamala, person of the year. I think I've done about 10 covers for Time. That is amazing, congratulations. So I thought I'd spend a few minutes talking to Jason about his art, talking to him about his standup comedy. And we have a connection in the world of standup comedy as well as the Chicago connection. So folks, please give Jason a very warm round of applause. And thank you, Jason, so much for being here. Thank you, thank you. Oh, nothing better than claps and laughter. That must be so different, the fact that you're getting claps and laughter on stage. Sure, that's almost not in fact, but that when you're painting or drawing it's such a solitude thing, that you go from one world to the other where you're very solitary and concentrating. Not that you don't in standup, but you're not getting that immediate reaction until afterwards while standup, you're getting it right away. You're getting the applause, you're getting the laughs and all that. And the groans. Well, a reaction is a reaction. I love it. Have you got any groans for your artwork? Oh yeah, yeah, I was just about to say, I do get reactions pretty quickly when I share work. It's kind of funny, because I have done a lot of political type work, but I can't stand politicians. The left or the right, they're all lunatics as far as I'm concerned. So I have no problem illustrating for anybody, because I don't have a horse in the race really. I don't worship politicians, let's put it that way. Every once in a while I'll paint a certain politician and I'm trying to take care of my family. It's my job, I'm painting to somebody and I will get the nastiest messages from people just angry so that I, how dare you even work for that publication or draw that person or whatever it is. I've gotten pretty serious. One time I painted the president of Iran, this was years ago and I got some serious, nasty messages from people trying to curse my family and writing me crazy things. I actually even got a care package in the mail from Iran. This was like 15 years ago and it freaked me out so much because it was just after I got all these threats. So I gave it to the police and to the FBI in Chicago. I just told my story and they took it and they came and got it, I don't even know what was in it. And then maybe, I don't know, like a month later, I got a call and they told me it was mixed nuts. It was a bag of mixed nuts. I thinking was that there was maybe gonna be like, man, those are some delicious Persian cookies. Yeah. But sorry, you didn't want, but same thing, mixed nuts. But then I found out from someone from Iran that that's actually like a gift of love or whatever, like that's a common thing to be, so it was probably a fan, but it still weird me out. I was like, okay, I don't know. People are saying death to you and your family, here's some nuts, enjoy. Maybe they thought you had a peanut allergy, so maybe it wasn't. He's American, send him some gluten, that'll kill him. Send him some gluten and a shoe. We couldn't throw it at you, but here it is. No, until somebody's paying your mortgage and your rent or your bills, they can't exactly tell you how to do it, but that's the thing, you're not a hypocrite. You're only going like, oh, I'm only drawing Republicans or I'm only drawing Democrats. You're going across the board and all showcasing your beautiful talents and artwork, so you can't let that, of course, stop you, and it hasn't, so that's wonderful. It is a little bit tricky because there's some artists that I know that only will work for the left, and then they criticize me if I do anything for a right -wing publication. But the thing is that I don't illustrate something if I don't, if it's over the line in any way that I don't, otherwise, mostly it's just like, whatever. There's a story about this person and I'm just doing a painting of them. Chill out. I'm recording history, okay? This is something that is happening right now, and whether you like it or not, that person exists, and recording I'm history with my painting. That's basically, and I'm also taking care of my family and doing what I love, so chill out. Yeah, agreed, and that is 100%. You're not doing the political commentary. No. You're just doing a painting for whatever article that is, be it right, left, so no, I don't think that you should ever, of course, need to explain yourself. I know that we're just dialoguing, but no, you can't listen to what other people say. And then, I'm friends with a pretty well -known cartoonist and he's very left -wing. His name's Lalo Alcaraz. He's an award -winning cartoonist, and I co -hosted the show Pocha Hour of Power with him on KPFK in LA, as you know, that's very left -wing radio. And he, you know, he'll go at both sides, but he really, of course, goes after the right, and especially Trump and whatnot, but I think he would appreciate your work because we also know people on both sides of the aisle, and yeah, that's just incredible. You're taking shit from all sides. And even in comedy, too, like I don't really get into politics too much in comedy because it just divides the room right away, but I like to make fun of myself or kind of make fun of both sides at the same time, you know what I mean? Like making fun of Trump and Biden together, you know what I mean? Like that's more fun to me, like if it's a fun joke, but yeah, it's different with the illustration because it's, you know, a client will call me and tell me like someone they want me to paint. They'll tell me the story. If it's a caricature -type editorial illustration where they're like wanting me to draw a situation, if it was something that I didn't agree with, I just wouldn't do it, and I've done that before. I'm like, eh, I don't really want to do that. And that's fine. They'll find someone else. But mostly it's just in the last three years or so with the heightened wokeness thing that's been going on where people are seeing them being a little bit more sensitive about things, that caricature, which is what I've been doing since I was like nine, 10 years old, has not been used as much in editorial work. And I've actually been called out a few times now for doing caricature that I'm a bully, that it's mean, and that they're like, how could you do that to people? And it's just like, it's ridiculous. And it's funny because it really, the caricature illustration and comedy, it's always been like very similar to me. The difference is when I do comedy, people go to the show to see comedy. So I actually feel like I have way more freedom to express myself. And it's like, hey, shut the fuck up. You decided to come to a comedy show. So get over it. But like with the art, it's like you're kind of just putting it out there and then anybody feels like they can say and they know what they want. And now everyone has access to tell you what they think. So it's a - Of course, of course. Yeah, everyone's got a platform. Now you're saying that you're being called a bully or you might be because you're exaggerating features of people's faces? Because I think that's what caricature is, correct? I mean - Oh yeah. There's been people that take it in that way, that like, I've been called a bully basically, which is kind of crazy. Cause it's like, they look at what I'm doing as super mean or that's like insensitive or racist or whatever, just as like, because of how I draw somebody and it's like, no, that's what they look like. It looks more like them than a photo sometimes. A good caricature. It really can capture someone's essence. But I've definitely noticed in the last few years, this shift in this, like people are like walking on eggshells about everything. So - Yeah. We especially notice it in comedy or satire and whatnot, you know, but I hear you. So keep fighting the good fight. Now you mentioned you take commissions. Now, if I wanted you to draw either myself or something for a book, that's a project that you would possibly take on, you would consider? Oh yeah. Yeah. I'm a freelance artist. So if you have monies, I provide the honeys. You know? Yeah. Yeah. Because I was going to offer, you know, I'd love for you to draw me. It'll bring you great exposure. I feel like a lot of people make that offer. Like, oh please, you know, do work for me. And you'll get a good exposure. So sorry, but I can't tell that to my mortgage company or my landlord. Do you charge different rates, say for individuals versus like corporations, like to draw the cover of Time Magazine, do you have a set rate? Is it the same as other artists? And you know, if this is proprietary knowledge, then by all means, you don't have to share it. But I think people would be very interested to know what can an artist make? Obviously you've dedicated what, 20 plus years to your craft? Well, yeah, I mean, it's different how it works. Because basically from magazine to magazine, the way it works usually is they have like a set amount for cover or for spot illustrations, inside the illustrations. And they offer you the job, you either take it or you don't. You know, so that's usually how that works. And a magazine cover can be anywhere from, you know, 1 ,800 to 2 ,800 to 3 ,500. It depends on who it is. And then it varies for different other projects. Like I recently did background paintings for an upcoming Disney movie. And that was different. That was more of, I got paid every two weeks. And so I had a set amount where I was paid. And so it's never the same. Like sometimes I do, sometimes for clients or for private commissions, I'll do a day rate, you know, which is usually I'll charge like 1 ,000 to 1 ,200 for a day rate. And so it just depends on what the project is and also, especially if it's a private commission, I usually, I ask for like half upfront for something like that. And then because I'm also taking on, you know, editorial work while I'm doing that, you know, so it really just depends. That's, it's not, there's not like a set thing. Yeah, I mean, and it's different also for, because when I do my editorial work, I work digitally, but when I do private commissions, well, I also work digitally for that as well, but sometimes I'll do oil paintings, gouache or things like that. Those will cost a lot more because they're traditional and they're huge and they take a long time. So that's, you know, again, it's all over the place. So it depends on what it is. Like if it's an album cover, let's say I've done a few album covers before, that can be a lot more than like a book cover or, but in the industry itself, there's not like a set thing, you know. Wonderful, well, thank you for sharing because I think that we get a lot of listeners that are getting into the arts or enjoy the arts or artists themselves. And I think that's one of the important things is, you know, monetization and can I make a living at this? So thank you for being free with your information and sharing, so much appreciated. And then how did you get into standup comedy? It's kind of crazy, but we kind of have a connection. You mentioned Steve Byrne before, but basically, so I've always wanted to do comedy. Ever since I was a little kid, I know he's not so popular right now, but Bill Cosby was my favorite comedian. When I was a kid, I would watch it over and over and over again. And as I got older, I just, you know, every comedian show I could see, I would watch. Saturday Night Live, anything comedy. And then of course I was really into Mad Magazine and that kind of stuff. So it's always been a huge part of my life. And I've always, I wasn't really like a class clown. I was definitely a weird, quirky artist guy that loved to make people laugh. And I would be silly with my friends and I always wanted to get people to laugh. Like it was, I would, you know, whether I was like walking, I used to sometimes for just for fun, I would walk around my high school like Charlie Chaplin. And I would just do the Chaplin walk for hours. Like I was just weird, I don't know. Like I've always just loved comedy. And then as I got older, I moved to Chicago when I was 18 and I joined, I was in a bunch of punk bands and metal, like hardcore bands really. And so I spent years touring and putting out albums with bands. And then eventually I quit and focused like on my art full time.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"cosby" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Suit against Bill Cosby, you know, it also named NBCUniversal media as a defendant because it aired the Cosby show and a different world, you know, two years that Cosby started that allegedly he used these shows and his popularity around these shows to lure women onto the sets and to show them his circle and then abuse them allegedly drugging and raping them in some cases. So NBCUniversal is accused of essentially turning a blind eye to cause these conduct for years a similar claim made against the Warner music group. Of course, both companies are expected to fight those very strongly in court. This law, you know, the effect, it seems like fundamental unfairness to the companies how do you defend against a suit when the person accused is dead. I mean, you're definitely going to hear arguments like this in court, and I'm personally very curious to see how these arguments are made because it is very unusual set of circumstances here that is a pretty unique law. So any companies even now can be accused of turning a blind eye to conduct it and sued for negligence. So the simple fact is that this law has erased the statute of limitations. So even if the allegations are very old, anyone can bring these claims in court, but that doesn't mean that they're automatically going to win, right? So if you have a victim coming in and they're only evident is essentially their testimony in their statement of what happened, it may seem like it's unfair to the company that has been due. But it also may make it fairly easy for that company to win the case and just say, I'm sorry, but you don't have any evidence here. But I think what we'll see is a lot of these cases do have some additional evidence where you might have witnesses who the victim confided in at the time who could testify about what they were told at the time could have a document internal corporate documents or employment records that placed the plaintiffs and the accused abuser of the same place at the same time. And you may also be able to show a pattern of conduct by interviewing other victims. So there's a lot of different ways that the planets are going to make their case here, but as you say, that some of these claims are going to be very old. And it doesn't automatically mean the jury is going to accept them. As you said, you talked to a lot of lawyers. And one told you that plaintiff lawyers best chance is before they even file the suit. That's right. That's why he was the lawyer that I spoke to said that what we end up seeing in court, actual losses that are filed or really just going to be the tip of the iceberg and that a lot of these claims are and are going to be resolved before anything becomes public and that as we plan this lawyer know some of these claims may be so serious, but a company will simply want to settle them just to keep them from becoming public. So that they can use that as part of their settlement strategy. So I'm not sure if that increases the amount of money that they get paid or whatnot. I'm sure that every settlement is going to be handled a little bit differently, but clearly the reputational damage is potentially significant for some of these employers as you can imagine. Are there any estimates of how many lawsuits might be filed? You know, nobody really knows for sure. And because so many of those claims could be out of court that we might not hear about. But one lawyer, at least pointed to the child victims act that I mentioned earlier instead that genera estimation there has been tens of thousands of lawsuits resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement and damages award. So you could easily see something like that happening here. I mean, as we know, this conduct is real. You can't say in specific case whether it's real or not because we haven't seen them all yet. But we do know that this conduct did occur and we do know I think it's pretty well established that a lot of employers and industries did turn a blind eye to conduct for a long time, which is exactly why the me too movement was such a watershed moment. So it is more likely now as some of these lawyers said that juries are going to take these claims more seriously just because people seem to be looking at these allegations in a different way now. So that's another potential benefit here for plaintiff's lawyers. And I should also point out that gas their lawyers and they do stand to make quite a bit of money from these claims. But they also, some of these lawyers, they've been working on these types of cases for years since long before this law was around so this is also something that a lot of work really deeply believe in and how the sense of justice around. So that's another element to it too, that it's a very human element to this, and it isn't just all about the money. Coming up, besides Wall Street, what's another deep pocket here? This is Bloomberg. Now that so much work happens
Standup Comedy "Your Host and MC"
Michael West as "Tree" A Comedy Interview Show #84 - burst 01
"But he's a big guy that has seen a block out the sun. He wore a black leather jacket. Like kind of like you'd picture from the biker movies and black leather chaps and and was kind of an intimidating figure. Well okay you were scary looking guy you would come on stage in everybody in the room would kind of lean back a little bit and what was so interesting was that you had this kind of scary big persona on stage but off stage. A lot of the staff commented on you being one of nicest guys they ever worked with and by the way. Thank you for that When i told several the old staff people that i was going to be interviewing you. They were not only a very excited. That we connected but wanted to share that you're one of their favourite people to work with because you were such a nice guy off state so there's that but then when i would go through the rules at the beginning of my set rule number one was always tip your server would. Yeah we reinforce. The course of the evening because i came from a background of like over thirty years in food and beverage the bartender by cook in my mom's restaurant when i was thirteen. So so food beverages my blood. We'll show you imagine this. Big intimidating guy Laid out in black leather coming out and pointing at the audience. And saying you will tip the waitresses. I learned. I learned to why you say the word server servers. Well there you go but still. It was a great way to start off your set. So let's let's back up a little bit. Because i know what Working with you how. That was it laughs but Share with the audience. How did you kind of fall into. Stand up comedy. It's something that i had. Since i was a kid and i'm probably dating myself but growing up watching the old ed sullivan show and shows variety shows I always loved the when the comedian came again. You like checking green myron cohen You know the old borscht belt comics the first ones and then Involved into you know cosby carlin's Which she prior. Before he turned into richard pryor notice when people were watching. You know family watching it. Everybody was laughing and so everybody was in a good mood. And i always liked
AJ Benza: Fame is a Bitch
AJ Sounds off on the Emmys
"Let's talk about what really matters. It took two hours, guys, for a person of color to be recognized. Listen, it's a two hours before RuPaul and his RuPaul's Drag Race team won for outstanding competition program and with the win RuPaul broke the record for the most Emmy wins by a person of color. How did we survive as a society since it took two fucking hours for a black person to win a goddamn award? How did you get through it? Two hours before a black actor gonna need attention? Fuck COVID, fuck Afghanistan, fuck any stop thinking about anything. Michael, I'm sorry, Michaela Cole was nominated for forest statuettes. She was honored after her after for outstanding rain for a limited series for HBO's I may destroy you. I know you haven't seen that. None of us have seen it. But she became the first black woman to win in that category and then you could actually feel that your bones guys all was right in the world. And then Hamilton won. I mean, how many fucking years has Hamilton been banging around? Hamilton won for pre recorded special. Debbie Allen was the recipient of the 2021 governor's award. And during her acceptance speech, she talked about sexism that she faced in the industry while on her journey to becoming a celebrated producer director after dancer and choreographer who helps lift up others from their community and I said to myself, she forgot to mention she fucked Bill Cosby. I'm trying not to cry. He said, I'm trying not to cry and be equal to the situation because if in many years in the making, it takes a lot of courage to be the only woman in the room most of the time. A lot of the courage and creativity and fighting faith to believe that I could keep going. And I have had a whole lot of people shut the fuck up. You've been around for 30 goddamn years. Why the fuck are you acting like it's been so goddamn long and maudlin and sad? You've been a celebrated multi-million air actress dancer choreographer, whatever the fuck since the 80s shut the fuck up.
77WABC Radio
"cosby" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Are huge. John Joe Piscopo. On the other side, everyone. My dad was a fire. Then he was He went in. He went and became a Marine, and he wasn't a citizen. Under his father's papers. They discharged and then the Army Air Corps was at his door. First sergeant comes out works for the Fire department said. Greatest job in the world that you take the test. I took it. It went up to seven years, he said. Stay in college. I go into medicine 9 11. I see it on TV. I rushed into my scrubs and lab coat and all I could do is hand out water. There's nothing to do. Other than that, and qualifying me. I have to tell you, in the words of George Bush that We hear what all the people calling in us saying about this current administration. And they the current administration. Will he all hear from us soon because the terrorists are in Afghanistan, but they're also in the White House created. Thank you. We love you. Thank you very much. I know A lot of people are tremendously disappointed with this leadership right now, um, and are just shaking their heads. I never thought That they would tell me that okay on 9 11 that 20 years later, we would have terrorists running Afghanistan that we would have left in this chaotic, dismantled way. And that now we have no eyes and ears on the ground. It is heartbreaking and I feel your pain. And I just have to say that America is still the greatest country in the world. Our military is the greatest in the world. And the American citizens and the American Spirit is the greatest in the world and that I would bet on any day of the week over any terrorists And we must make sure that 9 11 never ever Ever happens again. Let's go real quick to Jimmy and Brooklyn. Jimmy, you're here on the Rita Cosby Show. Go ahead, Jimmy. You're doing a great job. Listen, it's not enough. To love our country. We have to be aware that there that we have dangerous, powerful enemies. Well trained, well coordinated network and they want to destroy us. We learned our lesson here about radical Islam. You could go back to World War two. We were surprised about Japan attacking Paul Harbor. Cardinal Billy Mitchell warned 20 years before Paul Harbor Colonel Billy Mitchell one Japan was going to attack Paul Harbor by using aircraft flying off ships. You know, Jimmy, Jimmy, you bring up I just wanted real quickly to modern times, but you're right, um, that we have to look at the warning signs. And Jimmy. Thank you very much for the call, because what I think about right now is just how disconcerting it is that a few hours from now they're going to be swearing in their new Taliban government. It contains many terrorists, many known terrorists, including one of the world's worst terrorist, the guy who's head of their Ministry of Interior, which is their security, their police force. Has a $10 million bounty on his head by the FBI. Here's the world's worst terrorists, one of them on the top list. And yet tomorrow they are doing a swearing in ceremony. Talk about salting the wound on 9 11. They're celebrating their new government of terrorists. So you are absolutely right that we have to keep an eye out there, Eddie, We've got to make sure that we watch That we look that we always stay vigilant that we always remember the greatness of America and make sure we do all we can to protect it When we come back everybody Dominic Carter is on deck. He has an awesome show right after this, And I want to hear Dominic's reflections about 9 11 as we both lead you into what will be a very historic 20th anniversary of very somber one and a day we will never forget. This is the Rita Cosby Show on 77 W. ABC. And everybody. This is Rita Cosby. If you have to wear a mask all day, and I know you know who you are. Nurses, teachers returning to school in person commuters, office workers with mask mandates construction and warehouse workers, travelers or those suffering from allergies. Now that the Delta variant is running rampant Most folks are wearing masks on the streets in addition to the businesses that they patronize. Well, you know the drill from wearing a mask all day. It's very cumbersome, Well,.
77WABC Radio
"cosby" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"But my husband had this this really magical sliver of time, Even though he was so sick, and he wrote pages of notes to our Children, and he just worked so hard. He did everything he could. To make sure we were set for this financial future and And 20 years later, we're not, And I just feel that anyone who dishonors the legacy remember memory of someone who died as a result of this event. They need to be held accountable. And I feel that Kathy Entwistle, um is one of them. I don't think she acted in the place of integrity. And I don't want anyone else to be victimized the way that I have by someone who doesn't follow a moral compass. Where will you be on? 9? 11? What will you be doing on 9 11? Um, I have this zero broker family of times here last 61 people that day and it's a true family were so close and there are some gatherings that are happening. And I'm trying to figure out whether I will attend those or Be with my Children at the beach, which he cherished so much and was so special to him. Um, he was taken away from us and I just want to think of him that day. I want him to know that I hopefully I'm going to be okay. And that everything will be righted. That was wrong for me. And for our family. Well, our thoughts and prayers are with you big time. It was wonderful to have you here on the show, and I wish you so much luck. And it will be thanking me to thank you. We're going to be thinking of you. And we're going to be thinking of your beautiful husband, Tom, two on 9 11. And we thank you so much. Many so so many people. Thank you so much, Rita. Absolutely Thank you very much. Julie O Rourke, very courageous woman after such a huge, huge loss of her husband. And trying to keep everything together with her young kids to at the time too, as well. Which is a reminder why we always have to stay vigilant while we always have to say we never forget. Um and we always treasure our loved ones and appreciate those that we lost tragically on that day. When we come back, we're going to take calls Everybody. What are your thoughts as we head into this 9 11 anniversary? Um and also with the fact that we are talking about now the Taliban regime is filled with terrorists. What a horrible, horrible irony as we head to the 20th anniversary 1 808 489222. This is the Rita Cosby Show on 77 W. ABC. And this is Rita Cosby. I seem to always have.
Mark Levin
Stacey Johnson-Cosby Teaches MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle How the Housing Market Works
"And she brought on Stephanie Johnson cars being I think to her shock. This landlord housing advocate. Black woman. Said things that must have just Caused her. Two or three brain tissues to really get all twisted up. Let's take a Listen Cut. Three you go. Well, that's all that Stacy There's $46 billion allocated for rental assistance once it gets through. I mean, you've got 26 states that haven't even given out 10% of their money yet. So that's the problem. What government should have done is stayed out of the housing business. They should have. Hold on. Now. Hold on now. She spilled as landlord housing Excuse me, housing advocate and a black woman. What government should have done is stay out of the housing business. How do you like that? She must be a white supremacist. And a capitalist pig. Go ahead on getting the rental assistance out into the marketplace. And there's not a problem that it goes into the hand of the landlords. Of course, it should. Because that is that is who the rent is due to Renter listen to the puppet lives in the property. Nothing is free. So of course, it's going to go to the housing providers so that we can, in turn, turn around and make our mortgage payments paid to maintain the property. The problem is that government when they shut the economy down, should have immediately made funds available to us to cover the rents of those tenets that they wanted covered. It is not our responsibility to shelter them, and we need to make sure we know that the implications are long term those tenants. When we extend the eviction moratorium, they need to realize that there Still on the hook for the money. That is, too and if they can't pay seven or $800 a month. Now there's no way at the end of the moratorium. There wouldn't be able to pay 89 or $10,000 government needs to focus and get all hands on deck today, figuring out how to more efficiently get the rental assistance out into the hands of those that need them and if they would have instead of its spending so much energy on their moratorium and extending that they need to do what they do best, which is getting that money out. Less now. Isn't that great? Because she understands the market
Reset
The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Could Be a Watershed Moment for the Business World
"So so he. Can you tell us a little bit more about the lawsuit that led to all these employees speaking out. Yes so. The lawsuit is the culmination of a two year investigation from authorities in the california department of fair employment in housing who said that activision blizzard's compliance with the state's workplace protections is long overdue. Now if you look at the lawsuit one interesting thing is that it really starts out with these kind of standard allegations of discrimination in how the company pays permits women and retaliation women spoke up. But that's not really what caught the public's attention california also said the activision blizzard fostered a frat boy culture where women were subjected to constant sexual harassment groping at rape jokes and that one female employees took her own life on a business trip after allegedly having nude photos of our past around with a company holiday party and these are the allegations that we really saw lighting up twitter because they were so shocking and terrifying. And it's worth pointing out that. The lawsuit specifically said that the discrimination was worse for women of color particularly black women who are micromanage and discriminated against in the office do lawsuit also mentions that supervisors were unaware of this culture and at times encouraged it and even engaged in it themselves. Can you tell us more about the role that higher ups played in creating this toxic work environment. Yeah so the lawsuit says that blizzard president j. allen brock was aware of the allegations did not do enough to stop the behavior. Alex afrasiab a former senior creative director of world of warcraft. Also engaged in blatant sexual harassment. He jokingly called his bliss con hotel room the cosby sweet after alleged rapist bill cosby. I talked to employees last week and really ask them. Was this behavior. Modeled at the top. Was it relegated to certain teams and employees are a little hesitant to say that it was one specific area of the organization. They felt like it kind of permeated the entire culture but they won't go as far as to say everything manager knew about it or every executive wasn't
The Book Review
S.A. Cosby on 'Razorblade Tears'
"As a cosby joins us now from southeastern virginia gloucester specifically he is the author of the new book razor blade. Tears also blacktop wasteland. And a few other books sean. Thanks for being here. Thank you so much. Haven't usa pleasure. So this is a spoiler free. Podcast i just want to say that front because this is a book that is full of really unexpected. But well earned plot twists. Give us the premise of razor blade. Tears basically reasonably tears the story of two one black one white both ex-cons whose sons on mary and at the beginning of the book. Unfortunately these two sons murdered and these two fathers who will never accepting of their son's sexuality decided to investigate the crime when be lease investigation stalls and in doing so they are trying to achieve thinned for their sons but also i think trying to get redemption for themselves in the ways. They weren't there for their children in life. They're attempting to be there for them in death. Let's talk a little bit more specifically about those two anti hero. Heroes you've got buddy lee jenkins and slash riot randolph. Who are they. They are men of certain age that come with a certain amount of baggage. Because of that age they are both hard scrabble. Southern men who are more alike in have more in common than either one of them could imagine but they're also meant that i think are internally broken in a way that precluded him being able to communicate their sons and i think hinder their relationship with their children and also hinders relationships with other people. I for all his self possessed. Gravitas is still battling with his temper at moments with buddy lee. He's kind of mired himself. This sort of self imposed existential exile from the rest of humanity and so when their sons is sort of snaps amount of this spiritual me ease that they put themselves into the giving to their darker impulses but for a greater good.
We Saw the Devil
"cosby" Discussed on We Saw the Devil
"Obviously are not all serial killers but that is a large large tr- overwhelming chocolate true crime so when two twelve year old girls scheme for six months to kill their best friend like their absolute best friend to please a shitty fictional character from an online. It is kind of a big deal. So i hope that she has gotten the mental health systems and aid that she has needed while she's been there for the last couple years and it is definitely going to be a difficult road so moving onto something that really made me wanna fling my computer across the chair and basically burned down. The world is bill cosby guys was released from prison. Cosby served only three years of a ten year. Sentence in prison after andrea constand testified in a criminal case against him that she was drugged and raped by bill cosby directly. After kind of during it too. If you guys remember the media circus that happened all of the women that came forward more than seventy women. Seventy seven zero women came forward claiming that that bill cosby drugged and raped them. So why in the hell was he released. It's actually very interesting. And it's not something that i personally have ever seen before so i think that that's why this is particularly worth noting. Also that a little rapist. Someone who raped likely like seventy plus women just you know. Hey cool you're you're you're good. You can go now. But it's not nearly the simple. His sentence was overturned by the pennsylvania supreme court because of an agreement that bill cosby had made with then montgomery county district. Attorney bruce castor in two thousand and five andrea causton is an all around freaking rockstar. And what happened is that she had brought a civil case against tom. The agreement stated that if bill cosby sat down for a deposition in a civil case that constant had brought that he would then be immune from criminal prosecution and in that deposition bill cosby admitted to all of it. He admitted to giving quayle's to women with whom he wanted to have sex. He and he also admitted to having an insane amount of extramarital affairs so he more or less raped women pretty much said. Yep i literally drug women who i want to have sex with and i'm literally cheating all over my wife everywhere he admitted to it guys. It's on audio. It's on video. You can even see it on youtube but then in its judgment and it makes sense and our justice system actually works when our legal system actually works and sometimes it hurts sometimes. Justice does not prevail. And this is one of those instances so in its judgment. The pennsylvania supreme court held that the decision to use bill cosby statements from his deposition against him deprived him of his fifth amendment rights..
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Victoria Valentino, Bill Cosby Accuser, Speaks About His Overturned Conviction
"Bill Cosby came down this week, chances are pretty good. Your reaction was the same as ours in the newsroom. What just happened here? It was a stunning ruling the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, throwing out Cosby's sexual assault conviction and releasing him from prison. Cosby, who is now 83 flashed the V for victory sign to a helicopter overhead as he trudged into his suburban Philadelphia home after serving nearly three years of a 3 to 10 year sentence for drugging and violating Temple University sports administrator Andrea Constand in 2000 and four Cause we spoke with ABC news after he was released over body had defense to say Wait one second. This doesn't match up with the truth. This is not what I was taught in college. This is not what I was part in all the former Cosby Show Star was one of the first celebrities tried and convicted in the ME two era. Can't stand and her lawyers called the ruling disappointing, as did many of the as many as 50 women who accused Cosby of similar actions. One accuser, Victoria Valentino spoke with NBC's Kyra Phillips after his release. First of all, How are you feeling right now? It's been a long day of very distressing day, a very emotional day and a very infuriating day. I think all rape survivors. Have an impotent rage because they are not able to really be listen to be validated be vindicated when he received his guilty, guilty, guilty verdict. We thought we had received justice. What
KTLA Morning News
Phylicia Rashad Sparks Backlash for Defending Bill Cosby’s Prison Release
AJ Benza: Fame is a Bitch
Bill Cosby Goes Free
"Bill Cosby gets released for rape on a legal technicality. I don't even want to think what John is Dickinson is doing right now. I know her very well. She doesn't take this kind of news too well. If she was using again, she'd be fucking high. I know she's been sober for a while, but Jesus Christ. This has to be ripping her apart and all the women who came forward four of whom I know very well who claim Cosby either rape them or ruin their careers if they spurned him. Isn't evil motherfucker? Like I said all week. The world is currently upside down and everywhere I look, I don't see sanity peeking
AP News Radio
Critics Blast Phylicia Rashad After Her Support of Bill Cosby's Prison Release
"The NET crew played bill Cosby's wife on TV is facing criticism for expressing public support for the comedians release from prison less than two months ago for the sure shot was named dean of the Howard University college of fine arts now some people want her dismissed the reason a tweet in response to the overturning of Bill Cosby sexual assault conviction she called that something that righted a terrible wrong and corrected a miscarriage of justice some people online complaining that were shot should not be defending a man accused of drugging and raping multiple women over decades the most extreme critics say were shot should be removed as dean change is unfit to hold a position in which you may have to address sexual assault allegations on campus we shop later tweeted again saying she supports victims of sexual assault Howard acknowledged her clarification and sent her first tweet lacked sensitivity about squirrels Gabriel
The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"cosby" Discussed on The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"Some in her drink. As you oh yeah that's really grew. Fly guliyev for men on men anytime you see a girl. Was you go to a party. See five girls standing alone whole juggle. Spanish fly like you know what not only is he a monster degenerate. He was never funny. You know he was never. What are you saying that the guys in the corner don't rape women only thirteen year olds do what the hell was. Even saying cosby was funny. I mean because it was never funny the most hardest things. I did my careers. We had them on john denison. I had him on promoting. I wish we get this audio because he was promoting a appearance to cape cod melody tend to whatever and he came on and i in radio. Sometimes you have to. I don't say fake laugh. I say amplifier laugh. Laugh a little louder than you normally would. I couldn't do it. It was so bad he was so awful. He doesn't bit about a cow. If you made to cows account this guy with that guy what do you get into. Get nothing cows dough mate and then we just so awful and he started talking about my wife and i both black and we met her. In what happens we're black and dino was better at fake laughing and he pretended and then he said i'm going to check them out dina went to the to the show down the cape and he came back and said it was the worst shows ever seen he sees his greatest contribution to comedy was eddie murphy raw. That's literally somebody's most famous for getting ripped by eddie murphy. Is the funniest thing. Bill cosby as ever done. Which and think of that terribly. That is him ripping Eddie murphy and chris rock and guys who were had to work blue guys who has actually funny are rated. Who were hysterical. He ripped them because they didn't do family calm while he was raping people while he was while he was putting spanners fries drinks and raping unconscious young girls. He is the worst person short of murder. There's no worst person in the history of the planet earth than than bill cosby and craig quick example of something really funny. He did to me the last funny thing he ever did or entertained things fat albert. When i was a kid. I i love fat albert. I watch fat albert since. Then he sucked. Why it's not like. He's not in my top comedies or comedians of all time but i would just watch his specials and i would laugh occasionally. I can't give example. I guess so to your point. He's not doing his job to the best of his abilities. Terrible was terrible but we got a couple more things to get to. We had get to turtle boys tremendous reporting on the winthrop murders. I'm waiting for that to go to blow up on on rachel rollins. I have my money on turtle boy in this one and We had a couple of things. We've got to get to the the yogi. There's somerville yogi who thank god was taken off the streets. The streets are safe now. We'll get to that. i. I wanna do shake concrete. Let me talk about shake concrete. This is for you homeowners. And home builders that you know that shake..
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Some of the women have been able to go on and have relationships in children. Some he destroyed their lives. sunny wells Was a seventeen year old virgin when he drugged and raped her in two thousand nine hundred sixty five. Her mother was an agent. And that's how she knew cosby so she's out saints with him You know what cosby had host of enablers on these modeling agencies. Were sending him several team models a week to meet with him when he was telling the cosby show in queens in the in the nineteen eighties in the nineteen nineties So that's that's what outrages me continues to law enforcement enabled him They were just hollywood. New i mean quincy. Jones sent this text to one of the accusers. After the scandal erupted in two thousand fourteen. At said i've been telling bill for years to stop drugging women. I mean then. I'd joe rogan and i think bill maher were talking about how long they've no not like last year this time but how long they'd known about cosby doing this to women so on. That's what outrages me. And i think the drug facilitated sexual assaults are particularly heinous crime in my view are premeditated rate and they take away a person's ability to fight their memory by the time if they go to the police or go to a hospital. The judge usually out of their system by the time they wake up. And if you accuse someone like bill cosby who's gonna believe you. Because he carefully chose his victims he. He chose victims that were there was a power differential. He didn't choose reshad or anyone who might be believed if they hate neighbor these young aspiring models that he sought out to mentor And then you know. He groomed that megrim to their parents and only got them in an environment he controlled in he drugged and sexually assaulted them. Shailaja was a high school senior and was a homecoming. I think she was number one in her class and she was a hong kong at he destroyed her life. She's still trying to pick up the pieces from her leg went on this downward spiral after. He did that to her and she noted for two years she over to her house and her grandma mother had cooked food for them. He gave jelly pudding pops to the kids in the neighborhood and so when he asked her to come to the las vegas hilton for this modeling then she went and and she was still a little sick and he gave her what she thought was a cold pill and so lasting he she would members is the reporting on this something that you could speak to. The psychology of what bill cosby was doing here. Yes i mean. I think it was actually putting one of the court documents that he's as saw knows iliac Let's to have sex with unconscious people and at his sentencing where he was designated a sexually violent predator. That's basically the diagnosis. They came up with. But i think the bill cosby. Everything is about control through whatever reason it has to be in control. He even said in in the book that mark whitaker. Whoa you know that. He only had two sips of and drink because he lied to sips of a beer in his teams and he didn't like the way made him these controls so he stopped now. Obviously there are other women say. They've seen him drink alcohol. So i don't you know it's hard to believe what no it's true and what's not makasi but i think everything is about control support her work. It excellent work. It's important work not just chasing cosby. The downfall of america's dad but she's also got a book out publish this year victim. F-from crime victims two suspects to survivors. Nikki thank you so much for the time and thank you so much for the depth of your caring and reporting about this issue..
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Some of the women have been able to go on and have relationships in children. Some he destroyed their lives. sunny wells Was a seventeen year old virgin when he drugged and raped her in two thousand nine hundred sixty five. Her mother was an agent. And that's how she knew cosby so she's out saints with him You know what cosby had host of enablers on these modeling agencies. Were sending him several team models a week to meet with him when he was telling the cosby show in queens in the in the nineteen eighties in the nineteen nineties So that's that's what outrages me continues to law enforcement enabled him They were just hollywood. New i mean quincy. Jones sent this text to one of the accusers. After the scandal erupted in two thousand fourteen. At said i've been telling bill for years to stop drugging women. I mean then. I'd joe rogan and i think bill maher were talking about how long they've no not like last year this time but how long they'd known about cosby doing this to women so on. That's what outrages me. And i think the drug facilitated sexual assaults are particularly heinous crime in my view are premeditated rate and they take away a person's ability to fight their memory by the time if they go to the police or go to a hospital. The judge usually out of their system by the time they wake up. And if you accuse someone like bill cosby who's gonna believe you. Because he carefully chose his victims he. He chose victims that were there was a power differential. He didn't choose reshad or anyone who might be believed if they hate neighbor these young aspiring models that he sought out to mentor And then you know. He groomed that megrim to their parents and only got them in an environment he controlled in he drugged and sexually assaulted them. Shailaja was a high school senior and was a homecoming. I think she was number one in her class and she was a hong kong at he destroyed her life. She's still trying to pick up the pieces from her leg went on this downward spiral after. He did that to her and she noted for two years she over to her house and her grandma mother had cooked food for them. He gave jelly pudding pops to the kids in the neighborhood and so when he asked her to come to the las vegas hilton for this modeling then she went and and she was still a little sick and he gave her what she thought was a cold pill and so lasting he she would members is the reporting on this something that you could speak to. The psychology of what bill cosby was doing here. Yes i mean. I think it was actually putting one of the court documents that he's as saw knows iliac Let's to have sex with unconscious people and at his sentencing where he was designated a sexually violent predator. That's basically the diagnosis. They came up with. But i think the bill cosby. Everything is about control through whatever reason it has to be in control. He even said in in the book that mark whitaker. Whoa you know that. He only had two sips of and drink because he lied to sips of a beer in his teams and he didn't like the way made him these controls so he stopped now. Obviously there are other women say. They've seen him drink alcohol. So i don't you know it's hard to believe what no it's true and what's not makasi but i think everything is about control support her work. It excellent work. It's important work not just chasing cosby. The downfall of america's dad but she's also got a book out publish this year victim. F-from crime victims two suspects to survivors. Nikki thank you so much for the time and thank you so much for the depth of your caring and reporting about this issue..
The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"cosby" Discussed on The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"Ea sivan's who's by the way still there in his prosecuting. The trump family he decided not to prosecute weinstein's lawyers donated tens of thousands of dollars to him and he didn't prosecute and i don't forget what year that was. It was like two thousand thirteen fourteen. Subsequently dozens of young women were raped or or molested assaulted by weinstein sodas. Da who again is still in office. Still prosecuting crimes allowed enabled a rapist to destroy the lives of many many young women. Because he didn't want to prosecute a rich famous connected guy even the cops got him on tape. They got evidence and sivan's said no. We're good. That's i don't wanna say white privilege that's rich privilege that's connected privilege. That's in weinstein's case liberal privilege. I mean he knew everybody knew the clintons. He knew obama's he knew everybody and he was free to rape over and over again before they finally caught up to them before people like know. Rose mcgowan heroically stood up and told the truth about him but back to whitlock got. I don't know ratio. But he got all kinds of people killing them for saying that it's so's an your writer but it's just a way to get attention or get. I'll tell you one thing if every. Here's the thing if everyone was supporting bill cosby. If there was this mass movement support wit locks take would be completely different. His take would be attacking those people do so it just shows like he's kinda not genuine anymore like you can't really trust whereas takes your coming from. He's just trying to be the contrarian again was a huge fan. But i'm looking at now going you. You're really just whatever trying to get. I don't notice the obvious gets knows. He's just trying to get people to east now. He's writing a doing podcasts. Writing about like. Espn people saying what i think about you know does any. Does these things where he's like he. He's re tweeting these random. Nobody's and just dunking on them on his. What are you doing what. How did this happen. You know he had a whole thing. Katie nolan those a little bit cringe like just going after like hard. It's like easy easy big fella. And he just. Everybody kills me right. Sorry triggered you feel and Everybody's got your big name act like it like you don't you don't need to re tweet and the twitter eggs and go to war with them. You can go out to war with the blue check marks and just every everyone was. Don't get on them but anyway that's bizarre and again. What if if you had a friend if your best friend killed somebody. It's like we talked about this with the bulger's now some people respect billy bolger. Even though as he knew his brother was murdering young women and ripping their teeth burying amid shallow graves. It's like you know. I respect his loyalty being what you don't. There's nothing redeemable or honorable about loyalty to a mass murderer or in this case a mass rapist. That is a twisted sense of loyalty. If you think you're supposed to. I don't care what your brother. It's your kid pitcher. If i always talk in the old days would talk about this. Talk about the yuna bomber in ted kaczynski. He was running out by his brother his but now that's that's a good person. The brother told the cops and the fbi. They stopped him. He would have killed more. Billy bolger a public official by the way. He knew all about his brother. He knew where he was. He didn't tell out of loyalty to his brother. Who was free to kill again. So people died because loyalty people were look the other way on the case of cosby or weinstein. They enabled them to do it again. They're people they're girls women out there who are destroyed because people didn't want to tell the truth about cosby or weinstein people like you know sivan's people like phyllis rashad. They knew they just look the other way because he wasn't doing it to them and that's sick. That's sick but i got some spanish fly if you're into it. Oh we're gonna play the span this. This is the ultimate cringing audio. And i suppose. I in the year on this year on this because this was early. This was seventies. This is this is a it. Doesn't have the air but it's definitely in the seventies you can just tell by the quality of the cover by look. He looks listless because talk about you know how. He manages to knock girls out before he has his way with them. When i was thirteen man start talking about weird things. No really stand on a corner. You know anything about spanish fly finish fly. It always happens when you thirteen. Only when you're thirteen on up to like when you get married guys. Stand around and talk about spanish fly and it never stops with one of the guys on the corner. It's always some strange thirteen year olds is in on. You know anything about spanish fly. No dummy about. Well there's this girl crazy. Mary put.
The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"cosby" Discussed on The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"When he starts introducing them all so he says. I couldn't rape because jane fonda was richard nixon. The fbi was watching him couldn't when we went to his hotel room or apartment or whatever with the woman they were watching him. They were going to see what he put in their drinks. He is a little bit. Busy with white nationalist jerry. They don't have the grandma they're busy busy with somerville yogis round up the somerville yogis. We're gonna get to him. We're gonna get to him but we gotta get to a couple of other Cause related items I want to. We mentioned. Phyllis shod phyllis for shod his tv wife coming out and saying you know i'm going to get the exact phyllis rashad yet. She said finally terribly. A terrible wrong is being righted. A miscarriage of justice is corrected with a picture of that scummy filthy rapist. Bill cosby matching the breath. These women had nightmares about his breath. About just as voice about them. Saying you know he'd drink up. I mean as they as the light fades as darkness. Full comes over them and they pass out only to wake up. You know sore. I believe he did Some unnatural axe to some of these women while they were passed out too so they woke up bloody and sore. You really have to read the details of the of the stories of the victims. But phyllis rashad because you know. She did a tv show with them. Thinks he's innocent. But i was even more should say more disturbed. I was equally disturbed by jason whitlock. Now you guys. we've talked about. We look at him on the show. He's the ultimate contraire and we read. We read his column on. Jason on jalen rose the other day we read it twice because it was so bizarre saying jalen rose is only criticizing kevin love because his wife is white. Jalen rose is trying to make up for something because he has a white wife and by the way. I'm not sure his wife is white. She's the one on I take with stephen smith and Max kellerman you know the woman in the middle of the mediator. That's jalen rose's wife. I not because she's attractive attractive woman but i don't even whatever it says. So bizarre jason woodlock is now with the blaze. he's working for glenn beck and he is even more. Shall we say katrina. And he's even more provocative trying to get to get noticed. I think he's been laying low for a while and now he's you know on a daily basis. He's setting himself on fire. Trying to get attention he tweets out this any quote tweets a response to phyllis rashad saying a terrible wrongs being righted. His jason whitlock. Tweet love you. Ms rashard hashtag respect. I don't know what bill cosby did or didn't do i know. Respect this kind of loyalty to a friend and work partner. That ain't a dog that ain't that snap now. Are you serious. One first of all i was i was going to respond but it was like a million responses to wit lock and i figured would talk about it here. I don't know what. Bill cosby did jason. Excuse me i will help you out. I know what he did. Do he said we read about it. We followed the case. We've listened to the podcast. I can give you details right now if you'd like i could again. The number is at least fifty eight. Maybe sixty women told stories by the way which are very similar this zam. Oh he admitted taking here. It is from I think this is from i. Don't know what philadelphia paper caused me admitted to casual sex involving the recreational. Use of the sedative methaqualone also known as quick lubes with a series of young women and all acknowledged. His dispensing of that drug was illegal. How about that. Jason would lucky admitted he illegally drugged young women and had his way with them That's what he did. Jason whitlock if someone is standing by him. They're standing by a criminal. It's like standing by oj simpson or harvey weinstein de respect. That if if if if tom hanks or or meryl streep comes out today and says i don't care what i'm standing with harvey free harvey this just contradicts everything. He's ever said. Ever like jason scrape. Because he's you know he's takes her good. It's original like he's criticized. You know several members of black lives matter right. So does he does. He support them because they have each other's back because they worked together. So if you worked with somebody it's a you have a duty to be loyal to them and that's something you respect. It's an insane. Take like you said. He's trying way too. Hard to be the contrarian and it's just over the top and this is ridiculous it's just the opposite. I respect someone if they can put their friendship aside. If the guy did things for you so just say this young woman and actress and he put on his tv show or help to get some gigs and comedy and didn't raper. You know maybe it wasn't. She wasn't his type or maybe thought he did caught so he didn't rape her if that person says i don't care what anyone says i don't know what he did. I love bill. You'd say you're standing by a guy who destroyed the lives of other young women. You don't do that you don't you don't say i'll have kakuei. Manahan was accused of something. Like what bill cosby. Would you stand by jerry. You used to work with them. I mean i think a better example would be dale. Arnold maybe cosc- dale. I want to hear the stories about joe castiglione. I would not stand by him if i found out. He was drugging and destroying the lives of young women. I know jason. we'd lock doesn't have. I don't think he has daughters but the idea that he's doing this and causes eighty three doing it. Some of these women. When he was in his seventies he had a standup it about spanish. Fly in the seventies. It was about spanish fly. And how much and. And i don't know if you can find in play but it's the creepiest thing ever talking about. Ooh i got a whole bunch of spanish flies and he was knocking women out. I mean it was the most well known secret in hollywood or in entertainment which is why hannibal burruss. He still talks about how everything changed when he pointed out on stage that everyone knows cosby is a monster. Everybody knows it and for decades. He got away with it which is sick. Sorta like weinstein when you think of the women in what they went through and they thought about going to the police and press chen peterson. That you can't do that. It's bill cosby. He's got millions. He'll ruin you and they said okay. Forget it forget it. No let them. And it's like it's like with weinstein and you know this turtle boy but the new york police recorded they wiretapped a woman a victim they they wired a women and why team essentially confessed to what he was doing on tape..
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Deposition lee was talking about what he did to all of these women did he think somehow he's always been able to control law enforcement. So yes did. He think that he was saved because he hadn't been charged. No one was going to come after him again. Probably but that first of all. It's not a promise that castro had the power to make. There's no written record of it. There's no proof of that. And how can you make a promise like that. That uphold that says future prosecutors. You can't do this either. in pennsylvania. You're supposed to have these immunity remits written and signed off on by judge so I think only bill cosby knows why he was so forthcoming in that Deposition but bruce castro also made it clear pretty much day one. He wasn't going to charge cosby so he you know whatever is going on with the two of them i could. I could see cosby thinking. He had some kind of control over caster. And in fact castro all of a sudden ran for his old job as is back in two thousand fifteen after this case exploded again. Do you have a theory when you say whatever is going on between them. Is there a theory that legitimate there. Well i really always tried to dig into whether there was a personal connection there Even back in two thousand five. And i did find that he was Cosby's broadcasters fathers also an attorney and a castro's father represented the owners of the house who sold that house to cosby. And where this happened in oaklands park pennsylvania and he didn't disclose it to injury attorneys. Is you're just supposed to disclose it. It's nothing wrong with it. But he didn't disclose it to andrew attorneys but he did disclose it to cosby's attorney. I mean walter phillips junior who has since died only that only. He told me about it so that was just a glimmer that there was something else going on here because i covered broadcaster for years. He loved High profile cases. He loved getting his face on tv. He held press conferences at the drop of a hat about his gazes in he was just like radio. Silence about this. For the first few days and the only press conference he did help was after they interview hold the ebbs after they interviewed cosby and in it he just. It seemed very clear. He wasn't going to be charging. You said this is a promise. Caster doesn't have the power to make but it seems like he did. It seems not not that he made the promise but he certainly had the to enforce the even a promise that he maybe he didn't make i'm saying under the law didn't i mean the laws very clear. It says that he judged the trial. Judge question caster about his caster testified for seven hours on this issue in february two thousand sixteen and he was just honestly perplexed. He's like bruce. You know how immunity agreements work has to be signed off on by judge. You write up something on his labor Case number new throat in a drawer. You didn't do that and then caster just started saying i'm the sovereign and as a sovereign montgomery county. I can do this so his own first. Assistant reaffirming he claimed he told her about this immunity. we manage. she told it was attorneys. Reset did not have any recollection of this she. She's the da reopened the case in two thousand. Fifteen hundred attorneys testified. That wasn't true so that's all i'm saying. I'm just saying you know. He didn't under the law at the authority to do it. But that's why i'm saying this. This supreme court decision makes no sense are not exactly someone who's naive about journalism but what you said about trading up to get. The story is something that surprised me. They're trading up journalistically to make sure you get exclusives with cosby. That's not something. I've heard very often. I never heard of either until Two thousand five or rampant in the national tv bedia than anything. And i was doing a bunch of tv shows national tv shows at the time of the bookers. Were telling me causes. People were putting pressure on them not to have me on. And that's when i heard the phrase trading up at his videos are on my website. You can see them. You'll see how. I'm getting ripped apart by like dan. Abramson the guests on his show in greta van susteren show so yeah it was really shocking to me very disillusioning. Because i worked for a newspaper. That never back down to anybody. And i said to this day. I am convinced that there's no other news organization in the country that would have let me cover this case the way the daily news did in two thousand five is. There's so many people were scared of him. in a wanted to befriend him or or scared his power or scared of whatever and the daily news was just a paper. That was never scared of anyone. There are rewards and fulfillment in being the one who writes about this stuff and heartbreak and awful. Has it been terrible for you though. Because i imagine that there's been a good amount of blame the messenger given cosby's iconic status especially before some of this stuff became obviously true right. Obviously yeah in two thousand five. I mean his. His attorney was calling every day. Martin singer threatening to sue a newspaper and sending threatening letters on castor was threatening to have me arrested for my stories. There was a negative story about me in the philadelphia. Weekly that. I think they had something to do with so. Yeah it's never been a case there's been covered in glory with. That's not why i pursued it. I pursued it. Because i believed that the the truth was of these games. I believe these women and i was cosby fan. When this all started in two thousand five. I grew up watching that auburn and the cosby kids on saturday mornings. I loved the cosby show. I mean my initial reaction was not the cause but your job as a journalist is to put your personal feelings aside and try to find out the truth and you know the more. I found out about injury constand.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Deposition lee was talking about what he did to all of these women did he think somehow he's always been able to control law enforcement. So yes did. He think that he was saved because he hadn't been charged. No one was going to come after him again. Probably but that first of all. It's not a promise that castro had the power to make. There's no written record of it. There's no proof of that. And how can you make a promise like that. That uphold that says future prosecutors. You can't do this either. in pennsylvania. You're supposed to have these immunity remits written and signed off on by judge so I think only bill cosby knows why he was so forthcoming in that Deposition but bruce castro also made it clear pretty much day one. He wasn't going to charge cosby so he you know whatever is going on with the two of them i could. I could see cosby thinking. He had some kind of control over caster. And in fact castro all of a sudden ran for his old job as is back in two thousand fifteen after this case exploded again. Do you have a theory when you say whatever is going on between them. Is there a theory that legitimate there. Well i really always tried to dig into whether there was a personal connection there Even back in two thousand five. And i did find that he was Cosby's broadcasters fathers also an attorney and a castro's father represented the owners of the house who sold that house to cosby. And where this happened in oaklands park pennsylvania and he didn't disclose it to injury attorneys. Is you're just supposed to disclose it. It's nothing wrong with it. But he didn't disclose it to andrew attorneys but he did disclose it to cosby's attorney. I mean walter phillips junior who has since died only that only. He told me about it so that was just a glimmer that there was something else going on here because i covered broadcaster for years. He loved High profile cases. He loved getting his face on tv. He held press conferences at the drop of a hat about his gazes in he was just like radio. Silence about this. For the first few days and the only press conference he did help was after they interview hold the ebbs after they interviewed cosby and in it he just. It seemed very clear. He wasn't going to be charging. You said this is a promise. Caster doesn't have the power to make but it seems like he did. It seems not not that he made the promise but he certainly had the to enforce the even a promise that he maybe he didn't make i'm saying under the law didn't i mean the laws very clear. It says that he judged the trial. Judge question caster about his caster testified for seven hours on this issue in february two thousand sixteen and he was just honestly perplexed. He's like bruce. You know how immunity agreements work has to be signed off on by judge. You write up something on his labor Case number new throat in a drawer. You didn't do that and then caster just started saying i'm the sovereign and as a sovereign montgomery county. I can do this so his own first. Assistant reaffirming he claimed he told her about this immunity. we manage. she told it was attorneys. Reset did not have any recollection of this she. She's the da reopened the case in two thousand. Fifteen hundred attorneys testified. That wasn't true so that's all i'm saying. I'm just saying you know. He didn't under the law at the authority to do it. But that's why i'm saying this. This supreme court decision makes no sense are not exactly someone who's naive about journalism but what you said about trading up to get. The story is something that surprised me. They're trading up journalistically to make sure you get exclusives with cosby. That's not something. I've heard very often. I never heard of either until Two thousand five or rampant in the national tv bedia than anything. And i was doing a bunch of tv shows national tv shows at the time of the bookers. Were telling me causes. People were putting pressure on them not to have me on. And that's when i heard the phrase trading up at his videos are on my website. You can see them. You'll see how. I'm getting ripped apart by like dan. Abramson the guests on his show in greta van susteren show so yeah it was really shocking to me very disillusioning. Because i worked for a newspaper. That never back down to anybody. And i said to this day. I am convinced that there's no other news organization in the country that would have let me cover this case the way the daily news did in two thousand five is. There's so many people were scared of him. in a wanted to befriend him or or scared his power or scared of whatever and the daily news was just a paper. That was never scared of anyone. There are rewards and fulfillment in being the one who writes about this stuff and heartbreak and awful. Has it been terrible for you though. Because i imagine that there's been a good amount of blame the messenger given cosby's iconic status especially before some of this stuff became obviously true right. Obviously yeah in two thousand five. I mean his. His attorney was calling every day. Martin singer threatening to sue a newspaper and sending threatening letters on castor was threatening to have me arrested for my stories. There was a negative story about me in the philadelphia. Weekly that. I think they had something to do with so. Yeah it's never been a case there's been covered in glory with. That's not why i pursued it. I pursued it. Because i believed that the the truth was of these games. I believe these women and i was cosby fan. When this all started in two thousand five. I grew up watching that auburn and the cosby kids on saturday mornings. I loved the cosby show. I mean my initial reaction was not the cause but your job as a journalist is to put your personal feelings aside and try to find out the truth and you know the more. I found out about injury constand.
The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"cosby" Discussed on The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"That's covered documentary. he's not just a rapist. That's bad enough. But he's a sick. Twist deviant who wanted them zonked out. He wanted them immobilized. I mean it's like is the fun of sax to the other party is into it is like enjoying up. I mean except for. Brian stelter is wife. I would assume everybody else out there. Like he's having a good time. Well i guess this is explain like necrophilia. You know the there are people are sickos out there. That want their victims dead. He wanted them out cold and then he would have his way with them. And when the wake up again he'd just be relaxing like just had consensual sex. He's the worst kind of deviant the worst kind of monster and we got you know people celebrating the fact that he's free. I think the set. The kind of pathetic thing was people in his team on his team like pretending he's innocent. We've got past that. How do you pretend he's innocent. How can you do that when the the case the case fell apart. Or the the overturn. The spring court's decision was based on the fact that he confessed he confessed and the reason he confessed. As the prosecutor allegedly told him he wouldn't be criminally prosecuted if he would confess in the civil case. So that's what he did he confessed. So how can you. whether you're phyllis rashad or your andrew wider. Is you know this pathetic wife. How can you sit there and say this is a great of an injustice was right in or overturned and an innocent man is free when he already admitted he's not innocent. It just seems like if one time a criminal was going to get out of prison with his head held down and just go away. This unia right cosby jail like proclaiming his innocence. I wasn't he defiant towards the judge to when he was sentenced yes and he could have gotten. I was just reading about this. He was. I think he was denied. Parole was denied early release or whatever because because he won't admit it he wouldn't go to therapy wouldn't go to sex therapy in prison. Which to me you know. what else are you doing. you're in prison. Do whatever the takes to sex therapy but if you don't mind is what was billed doing present. What do you think is day was like. That's a good question. He was according to his lawyer. And we could play some of the lawyers. The couple lawyers spokespeople who were talking to the media building say much built said whatever these. He stuck to a story but I they were saying he was a mentor to the young prisoners. He told them just how to mix the. You know the the quail loose in with the cosmo but can we now tyler. Perry look at this guy. This is the guy i mean. Imagine imagine sitting there holding his arm talking about innocent. He is when you know. What does that shirt. he's where i was just thinking. That was getting out of prison central. Hand-me-downs here's what he's always done. He always warned. he warned. You umass shirts a lot. Which deputy we're temple shirts t. shirts and that was his thing. Maybe you know. That's why prayed on the basketball. She was a trainer right. The basketball coach she trainer. He's got nine million victims but Can we listen can she's Gloria aldred is representing thirty three victims. Thirty three of his sixty victims of being represented by gloria allred. I mean he's gonna pay a lot if he hasn't already which is good because he offered you know to like pay the tuition of some of his victims and pay them pay their travel expenses before he drug them and rape them so he didn't. He wasn't cheap when he was destroying the lives of young women. But can we hear craig here some of From team cosby yesterday refused to put him on a communist this in sixty along with so many other great names like gregory jane funded. How could a man who being watched by the fbi every day be raping and drugging women in his face. Lack me today with the help of these wonderful attorneys. that's.
WTMJ 620
"cosby" Discussed on WTMJ 620
"We're talking about the Cosby a decision in Pennsylvania Stream. Supreme Court deciding that he's a free man. After three years in prison, he's now walking amongst the rest of us. What do you think about that? I can't I can't laugh at him. I can't watch his shows when? When I was just a Wednesday. Wendy joins us on the phone lines. Good morning, Wendy. Good morning. I've been called Wednesday before Comey. Anything but don't don't call me late to dinner. There you go. My mother. What do you think about this decision? It's upsetting to me in a lot of different levels, But I can't watch the guy can't laugh at his humor anymore. Right. I can't laugh, either. I mean, and I understand the concept of detrimental reliance. We have a lawyer in our family by the same token from a woman's perspective, Just quite frankly, I had texted you and told you I was sexually assaulted in my early twenties, and it took me about 10 years to come forward and have the courage to Report the incident and having a daughter allowed me to have that courage and step forward so no laughing. I was appalled at what transpired understand that aspect on the legal side. Probably better than some folks out there, but just I would encourage all women still not to be held back in reporting, regardless of the time frame when something might have happened until the you have the courage to report an incident when laughing, though, Yeah, and I agree with you on that it when when you It's not just Cosby. This is a story that has plagued our country in the world for a long time. Women being sexually assaulted when you when you are reminded of your story with these kinds of cases, these high profile cases I imagine that that brings back trauma and stress and tension into your life that probably you at some point tried to move past. If you can ever move past it. Well, not trauma First day, but memories and that's why even text to do it, you know, and my heart's racing while we're talking on the phone here, but in some way, if if The message can come out to a greater degree to again encourage women no matter what the circumstance to come forward because it sends a message to the perpetrator. That we're not going to stand forward anymore. But coming through an incident of that nature can help you be stronger and then coming forward as a result can also help strengthen the cause. Do you think that this decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will impact and all you're saying you You hope women still come forward? Well, do you think ultimately this could have a negative impact on women coming forward. I would think it might It could certainly for some women and for some others it hopefully it helps them become even more determined that no matter what next time that we will prevail. Let me let me ask you this before I let you go. You've you've come through this storyline of being sexually assaulted. What would you say to women out there who have Gone through this and maybe you're thinking about The next step, whether to reach out to authorities or to talk about it. What would you say to those women? Come out, come forward, And if you If you talk to the authorities are trusted individual and that's the pathway to sequence the authorities even if it's been 10 years, and in certain circumstances might be past the statute of limitations. Having that message come out, You'll feel better, but others may come out as well. And then there's an aggregate story related to a particular individual who Needs to be put on notice no matter what the time frame in order to help stop that from coming forward. Wendy, I want to thank you for texting me and thank you for being brave enough to talk about it. I really, really appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks, Steve. That's one person's account. I mean, it's an incredible moment. She she texted me and I said, We have to get you on the on the air because I'm serious about this. It's not a laughing matter. I have texts that say So. What? It's funny. I watch it. I'm not one of those people. I'm disgusted by the individual. Can't watch his programs or a stand ups and I certainly wouldn't pay to do that. And the sad story of Bill Cosby. He had everything. He is somebody who has Been to the pinnacle of entertain of the entertainment world done. It all made tons of money will still make money based on everything is done previously. But I can't watch it. And there's lines that should be drawn. And if you're a network and this stuff still on cable TV, it pops up. Occasionally, you'll see a run of the Cosby Show on some of the cable networks. Shame on you. Shame on you. You've taken shows off people off TV for a lot less than this guy. Was convicted of James joins us from Milwaukee. Hey, James. Hey, Good morning. Um, this is a travesty upon a travesty and You know, and that's another to play past the first travesty. Our latest travesty is one of that should mystify anyone who knows anything about the criminal justice system and that that is Why can't there be culpability on both sides? Why is this always a zero sum game? And what I what I mean by that is Because there was some prosecutors prosecutorial errors or mistakes or shortcomings. Bill Cosby, who was convicted on merit. And found culpable. Somehow. Is a free man. Why can't there be culpability on both sides? Why cannot Bill Cosby be convicted? Unknown scumbag who sexually assaulted women? And why can't there be? Accountability against prosecution, so the.
The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"cosby" Discussed on The Gerry Callahan Podcast
"Asked to resign. He doesn't look at a fundraiser yesterday. Ten thousand a plate and a bunch of doctors doctors went to the fundraiser and and gave him ten grand and took pictures with them smiled and had a good time with with with one of the most vile human beings on the planet. The governor of new york It is amazing that he's still governor. But ralph northam still go to virginia. Not he's not as bad human being but he's a racist to dressed in klan robe and believe they can kill babies forty eight hour grace period after their enough. I always joke about the fourth trimester. He believes you can kill your baby if you want. If you you know decision you you you gotta make it corn make it comfortable. He's a compassionate guy. Wants to baby be comfortable before he snaps his neck. You don't have to go. We don't have to go there back to 'cause if instead of forty rape victims broken women's you know who are completely devastated by this decision. If he killed forty women would supreme court with the media with the analysts out. There would they say the same thing. They say yeah. It's a technicality. But that's the way it goes. Aren't they crimes so heinous people so heinous that you just. I don't know you find the gray area when you know what i mean legally or like in the media both i mean obviously starts legally with the supreme court. The four to three decision almost four judges who voted to overturn this and free this monster if they found sixty bodies buried in his yard as opposed to sixty women that he drugged and raped it. Let them go you think. Yeah definitely. I mean these. The module the judges. They're not basing their decisions on your opinion in my opinion. They're just believing whether or not this was constitutional. And i guess they believed it. Wasn't you can't be serious touting they're just looking at the law yes kind of like the judges and they were doing this. Because we want this rapists to go free that that's going to go over well with saying other factors. I'm saying there are. There is a point where you judge the man and his crimes. And i'll tell you what else. I don't think he goes free. If he's forty years old and an in his prime i think they looked at this pathetic broken old man and said whatever. We'll let them go. He'll die soon. They didn't think they were letting a man out who was going to go back to to drug and rape and and as you said they thought his rape and days were over i think. That's a factor. I just don't get how people are so sure that they had no choice that they had to do this that the law forced them to do this when free judges am i wrong as lawyers. I'm here from that woman from california. Harm it dylan. Whatever name is on most judges seem to. I mean most lawyers seem to say that they agree with this decision. Conservative attorney right. I mean because there is that alleged agreement with this idiot. Bruce castor who said he didn't think he could get a conviction he wanted to get. The women allegedly get them the settlement. Get them to money so he said i won't convict you. Which is amazing. When you think of again the crime spree the just the horror that this guy was drugging and raping women like every night of the week and just had him having his way with vulnerable young women a prosecutor in pennsylvania. Said you know you know we're good. We're good you can go free. Just pay some money. I mean guy who had hundreds hundreds of millions of dollars and by the way his wife not the biggest creep of all she knows guilty is she knows what a monster is yesterday. She was there and they were saying fifty eight years together. Isn't it wonderful so not only. Are we supposed to celebrate his freedom. We were supposed to celebrate the bond of marriage between between bill cosby and his lovely wife with the with the wonderful celebrate the fact that he was back. You know at home cuddling in bed. I just i. I don't know why we can all agree that this is a gray area here and they should have found a way to keep this monster in his cage. That that i don't. It's asking too much and i don't think there's any like hard evidence of him actually doing anything but when sixty people come forward it's like at least ten of them got to be you're gonna have homeland idiot. Rape works usually. There's no hard right a rape kit but like everyone. Every woman tells like the saints and the lead woman that the the basketball lady the way she walks in the way she carries herself with such confidence and strength like she's does a strong woman right there and you look at it and cheese so credible like what's that woman's name with the hair. Is that the one that called in trying to pay for college andrea constand and she is the perfect victim as far as like a person not but she's talking about the prosecutor. She is like strong and confident the way she carries herself and she. She's just believable. You believe that woman. Yeah they had they had audio of cosby calling her mom saying that she keeps her grades up rule. That's on the game and it's incredible. The had a lot. I live even know why. We're really talking so much about Evidence when he admitted he admitted he gave his victims quay loosed to essentially knock them out. He admitted that and again. It's because he allegedly was told he wouldn't be prosecuted. But you know we're cosby. Need quayle alludes gear era superstar. Your bill cosby. You can have sex or hot women. Who aren't your wife if you want to. Why do you need a quay loot like. I said it's weird. Like why do you want them sleeping. Isn't that fun. i don't answer to me. It's the story when you read the details and you listen to this podcast or you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"And take action today. The biggest story that there was in america yesterday. I think this was a surprise to everyone. I'm assuming it's a surprise to our next guest. Even though she's the foremost authority on this issue nikki egan has been reporting on cosby. Since two thousand and five. It's been hard to report on. Cosby will get into some of that with her in a second philadelphia daily news. I is where she did it. People magazine after that. They've been great challenges in putting together. This chasing cosby podcast of hers and her book. But it is thorough. The reporting here. And as i said she is america's foremost authority on this subject over the last fifteen years. Nikki egan with us. Now thank you for joining us. I guess the first question. I would ask you how i wish i could explain to you. I miss laney how it happened. But i'm still trying to process why it happened because this decision makes no sense What happened is cosby appealed his his conviction and a pa pennsylvania. The supreme court agreed to hear it on two issues. One whether these other accusers testified should have been allowed to testify so called four four witnesses and second weather. This press release that the da issued in two thousand five wouldn't charge kospi was ostlund immunity agreement. And that's why cosby was so talkative during the acquisition of made those incriminating statements. That intern used against him in in a quarter law in his trials. I'd say it's puzzling. Because i that was. I watched the supreme court our arguments in december and i was first of all. They were so hostile openly contemptuous of the prosecution and it really surprised me that chief justice even walked away from the camera at one point. This was all on youtube and it was cova d- so it was over laptops in stuff and is three dark for ten minutes. No explanation no anything. It was clear they were going to roll. It causes favor. But i didn't think it would be this issue. I thought it would be the other one. Do you know how rare it is for a prosecutor to make a secret agreement like this guaranteeing someone no prison time because of the civil suit without consulting with a judge but that's in that goes to the core of what's going on here this is. This is highly unusual. Actually don't believe that. This agreement was made into dozen five. I think it's something they came up with when this case re exploded again in dafalla two thousand fourteen Because the i got that press release in two thousand five when would press releases a press releases a press. Release their casters first assistant. Reaffirming had no clue the. That's what castor said it was in castor was on the stand testifying about this in two thousand sixteen and he said he told her. He told her to tell injuries attorneys. She denies that so. I know there's zero proof that this is actually true and within were shocking to is. I mean you could see them ruling on this and then throwing it out and get a new trial but they ordered he could be tried for a third time any immediately released from from prison and i really think his wealth power and privilege came into play with the state supreme court. In this case. It can't happen without those things correct. Woody need wealth power and privilege. This simply would not happen without those things right. I mean he also had endless supply of money he. I think he was on lawyers. Twenty seven and twenty eight. I might have good numbers wrong. Because every time he lost emotion he would get new attorneys and So this was his most recent batch of attorneys and he spent. I don't know how much on it and that's what sat here is like the average criminal. Defendant who uses a public defender would not have gotten this type of treatment and he can all he wants about. You know what he thinks is the reason for his prosecution that that was not the case. He had seven private criminal defense attorneys that his second trial. I mean i don't know many defendants that can afford that. You have been reporting on this since two thousand and five philadelphia daily news senior writer for people magazine. How surprised were you by what happened yesterday. What was your reaction. Because this fell out of the sky. As i said i was expecting them to rule in his favor but i thought it would be on the issue of the other women who testified whether or not these four hundred forty witnesses that were five other women who testified and whether or not they should have been allowed to because it's sort of an issue to hasn't been decided. I thought the other issue was ridiculous that this press release wasn't immunity agreement. Kuneva believe they agreed to hear it. So i was completely shocked and then the remedy the remedy usually. Is you get a new trial. No they forbade a new trial at trial and they ordered him released immediately. It was just like six was in. Do you think. I don't know your journalist here. So i suspect you've got to be objective here but there are a number of things that were appalling and the victory lap. Yesterday to me was deeply uncomfortable like this was this was not this was not him becoming innocent. It was just him becoming free exactly in in. It's funny because after not funny. How a hobbit it after the mistrial in two thousand seventeen his spokesman andrew wyatt came out and said causey was going to do what was called the sexual assault for go around the country in the election. People not become the Arrested like he was. There was such an outcry cancelled it so yesterday i was saying. I bet he's going to do some kind of tour now and sure enough inter why it said. He's going to do a tour around the country. He's got a book. In documentary coming out. I mean this rehabilitating of his image i think started a year ago when camille. His wife didn't with abc Which is his network of choice Since two thousand five he got..
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"cosby" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"And take action today. The biggest story that there was in america yesterday. I think this was a surprise to everyone. I'm assuming it's a surprise to our next guest. Even though she's the foremost authority on this issue nikki egan has been reporting on cosby. Since two thousand and five. It's been hard to report on. Cosby will get into some of that with her in a second philadelphia daily news. I is where she did it. People magazine after that. They've been great challenges in putting together. This chasing cosby podcast of hers and her book. But it is thorough. The reporting here. And as i said she is america's foremost authority on this subject over the last fifteen years. Nikki egan with us. Now thank you for joining us. I guess the first question. I would ask you how i wish i could explain to you. I miss laney how it happened. But i'm still trying to process why it happened because this decision makes no sense What happened is cosby appealed his his conviction and a pa pennsylvania. The supreme court agreed to hear it on two issues. One whether these other accusers testified should have been allowed to testify so called four four witnesses and second weather. This press release that the da issued in two thousand five wouldn't charge kospi was ostlund immunity agreement. And that's why cosby was so talkative during the acquisition of made those incriminating statements. That intern used against him in in a quarter law in his trials. I'd say it's puzzling. Because i that was. I watched the supreme court our arguments in december and i was first of all. They were so hostile openly contemptuous of the prosecution and it really surprised me that chief justice even walked away from the camera at one point. This was all on youtube and it was cova d- so it was over laptops in stuff and is three dark for ten minutes. No explanation no anything. It was clear they were going to roll. It causes favor. But i didn't think it would be this issue. I thought it would be the other one. Do you know how rare it is for a prosecutor to make a secret agreement like this guaranteeing someone no prison time because of the civil suit without consulting with a judge but that's in that goes to the core of what's going on here this is. This is highly unusual. Actually don't believe that. This agreement was made into dozen five. I think it's something they came up with when this case re exploded again in dafalla two thousand fourteen Because the i got that press release in two thousand five when would press releases a press releases a press. Release their casters first assistant. Reaffirming had no clue the. That's what castor said it was in castor was on the stand testifying about this in two thousand sixteen and he said he told her. He told her to tell injuries attorneys. She denies that so. I know there's zero proof that this is actually true and within were shocking to is. I mean you could see them ruling on this and then throwing it out and get a new trial but they ordered he could be tried for a third time any immediately released from from prison and i really think his wealth power and privilege came into play with the state supreme court. In this case. It can't happen without those things correct. Woody need wealth power and privilege. This simply would not happen without those things right. I mean he also had endless supply of money he. I think he was on lawyers. Twenty seven and twenty eight. I might have good numbers wrong. Because every time he lost emotion he would get new attorneys and So this was his most recent batch of attorneys and he spent. I don't know how much on it and that's what sat here is like the average criminal. Defendant who uses a public defender would not have gotten this type of treatment and he can all he wants about. You know what he thinks is the reason for his prosecution that that was not the case. He had seven private criminal defense attorneys that his second trial. I mean i don't know many defendants that can afford that. You have been reporting on this since two thousand and five philadelphia daily news senior writer for people magazine. How surprised were you by what happened yesterday. What was your reaction. Because this fell out of the sky. As i said i was expecting them to rule in his favor but i thought it would be on the issue of the other women who testified whether or not these four hundred forty witnesses that were five other women who testified and whether or not they should have been allowed to because it's sort of an issue to hasn't been decided. I thought the other issue was ridiculous that this press release wasn't immunity agreement. Kuneva believe they agreed to hear it. So i was completely shocked and then the remedy the remedy usually. Is you get a new trial. No they forbade a new trial at trial and they ordered him released immediately. It was just like six was in. Do you think. I don't know your journalist here. So i suspect you've got to be objective here but there are a number of things that were appalling and the victory lap. Yesterday to me was deeply uncomfortable like this was this was not this was not him becoming innocent. It was just him becoming free exactly in in. It's funny because after not funny. How a hobbit it after the mistrial in two thousand seventeen his spokesman andrew wyatt came out and said causey was going to do what was called the sexual assault for go around the country in the election. People not become the Arrested like he was. There was such an outcry cancelled it so yesterday i was saying. I bet he's going to do some kind of tour now and sure enough inter why it said. He's going to do a tour around the country. He's got a book. In documentary coming out. I mean this rehabilitating of his image i think started a year ago when camille. His wife didn't with abc Which is his network of choice Since two thousand five he got..
AP 24 Hour News
Bill Cosby Released From Prison After Court Overturns His Conviction
"Of prison and back home after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his sex assault conviction. The court said the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by a previous agreement not to charge him. Cosby tweets. He's innocent. A sex assault victims advocate says Shame on the court. A
Doug Stephan
Bill Cosby: Accusers Speak of Shock and Anger After Conviction Overturned
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"cosby" Discussed on AP News
"Cosby Freed I'm Tim Maguire with an AP newsman at Pennsylvania's top court overturns Bill Cosby sexual assault conviction ordering the release of the 83 year old from prison. The court ruling. The prosecutor was bound by his predecessors agreement not to charge Cosby Former federal prosecutor. Prius support says other women could still try to bring charges. There is nothing in this decision that would prevent any of the number of alleged victims of Bill Cosby from coming forward and attempting to prosecute their cases. Cosby served nearly three years of a 3 to 10 years sentence. For drugging and violating Temple University sports administrator Andrea Constant on the eve of legislation becoming law in several states. The clears the way for athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. The decision allows payment for things such as sponsorship deals, online endorsements and personal appearances and applies to all three and C double A divisions. I'm Tim Maguire. I'm Mike Rossi a reporting former Defense secretary Donald Trump's Feld has died. Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of defense in two administrations, died Tuesday, according to a statement from his family. He was 88 Rumsfeld enjoyed a long career in government working under four U. S presidents. He was defense secretary under President Gerald Ford and returned to lead the Pentagon in 2000 and one under President George W. Bush. In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks In 2000 and one Rumsfeld oversaw the U. S invasion of Afghanistan in 2000 and three and the overthrow of Saddam. Hussein in Iraq. As he retired in December, 2000 and six, Rumsfeld told the troops in a recorded message. It has been the highest honor of my life to serve with you. Men and women of the U. S armed forces like Grassi, a Washington.
Lance McAlister
Bill Cosby Released From Prison After Court Overturns Conviction
"Elsewhere, Big Bill Cosby returning home after being released from a Pennsylvania state prison this afternoon, Cosby now 83 was free after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court. He had served more than two years of a 3 to 10 year sentence for the 2004 assaults of Andrea because Constand One of dozens of women who publicly accused
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Bill Cosby Freed From Prison, His Sex Conviction Overturned
"Bill Cosby is home near Philadelphia his sexual assault conviction was overturned when he first arrived home because B. flash the V. for victory sign he appeared before reporters but did not speak the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Cosby had an agreement with the previous prosecutor that he would not face charges in the case brought by district attorney Kevin Steele lawyer and legal analyst Prius a pouring says this ruling covers just the Andrea Constand case there is nothing in this decision that would prevent any of that the number of alleged victims of Bill Cosby from coming forward and attempting to prosecute their cases for justices form the majority that ruled in because bees favour three others dissented I made Donahue
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Bill Cosby Is About to Be a Free Man
"Court of Pennsylvania, overturning the sex assault conviction of Bill Cosby, the 83 year old has served more than two years in prison. Near pencil Philadelphia but now now is is set set to to go go free. free. We We get get more more in in a a special special report report from from CBS CBS Actor Actor comedian comedian Bill Bill Cosby, Cosby, currently currently in in prison prison is is about about to to be be a a free free man man this this after after the the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Supreme Supreme Court Court today overturned his sexual assault conviction. The court did not say Cosby wasn't guilty of the crime but rather that Cosby could not be prosecuted. Because he had been told by a previous prosecutor that he would not be charged Loyola Law professor Laurie Levenson. The big problem in the prosecution of Bill Cosby is that the prosecutors use some information from a deposition. Cosby said he gave when he thought he wasn't going to be prosecuted. The 83 year old Cosby had been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault At the time of his conviction. There was celebration attorney Gloria Allred. Finally, we can say women are believed and not only on hashtag me, too, but in a court of law, but now that conviction has been overturned. Cosby could be released as soon as today. CBS News Special Report. I'm Steve Futterman
Here & Now
US Court Quashes Bill Cosby's Sex Crimes Conviction, Allowing His Release
"Released from prison after serving more than two years of a 3 to 10 year sentence for sexual assault. Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the comedians conviction on the grounds. The previous prosecutor had made a deal with Cosby not to charge him in the case involving Andrea Constant. She, like dozens of other women over a period of decades, accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her. Cosby's conviction was among the most prominent of the me, too. Movement that empowered many women and some men to publicly call out powerful figures for alleged abuses. Cosby maintains his innocence. Still no
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Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction Overturned by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
"Pennsylvania's highest court has overturned actor Bill Cosby sex assault conviction marches are a letter with the latest Bill Cosby had agreed to give potentially incriminating testimony in a civil lawsuit filed by accuser Andrea Constand over two thousand four encounter as long as he would not be charged the Pennsylvania Supreme Court says district attorney Kevin Steele was obligated to keep his predecessors promised to Cosby instead still had cause to be arrested for sexual assault and charged in twenty fifteen that conviction has now been thrown out Cosby has served two years about three to ten year sentence at a prison near Philadelphia
Hammer and Nigel
Bill Cosby Refuses Sex Offender Program, Is Denied Parole
"Hurdle after Bill Cosby is denied parole. He's serving 3 to 10 years in a Pennsylvania state prison for indecent assault. It was his first chance of parole. But the 83 year old refuses to attend sex offender programs because he doesn't want to admit