Common Sense: Bill Cosby cancelled
Fifty five different women have accused Bill Cosby of some form of sexual assault. Yet, he gets arrested on essentially the last day before the statute of limitations goes into effect in Pennsylvania on a 12-year-old case because just a few months earlier, during testimony in a civil suit regarding the same matter, he made a statement that provided the state’s attorney with new information.
It may turn out, if he is convicted, that he came within a hair of getting away with that assault and possibly all the terrible things he is accused of doing. I am not one to rush to judgment, but I think a rational person might conclude that Bill Cosby used his wealth, position and power to, at a minimal, abuse many women and in all likelihood to drug and rape several. And he may have done it repeatedly over a 40-year period, which would make him a serial sex offender. Criminals of this sort spend many years behind bars and often spend the rest of their lives in civil confinement.
Among the details to have emerged is a pattern of law enforcement in multiple localities and in numerous states failing to follow up. The reasons vary, but at their core, they do reflect the advantages that money and celebrity provide.