Bill Cosby- Sexual predator orextortion victim?

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It's up to 16 now. That's my thought, how can it not be true when so many come forward. And when it's an enduring popular figure like Cosby, and you have no real memory of what happened, I can see not wanting to come out about it right away. Who would believe them anyway, right?

Plus, he was investigated in 2005 and indicted. Not that it means he is innocent, just that there is not enough proof for a trial or conviction. And now the police are investigating, not to press charges against Cosby as the statute of limitations has long past, but I think to validate the claims and see if extortion is in play.

A recent statement from Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer:

“The new, never-before-heard claims from women who have come forward in the past two weeks with unsubstantiated, fantastical stories about things they say occurred 30, 40, or even 50 years ago have escalated far past the point of absurdity,” he said. “These brand new claims about alleged decades-old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous, and it is completely illogical that so many people would have said nothing, done nothing, and made no reports to law enforcement or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years.

“Lawsuits are filed against people in the public eye every day. There has never been a shortage of lawyers willing to represent people with claims against rich, powerful men, so it makes no sense that not one of these new women who just came forward for the first time now ever asserted a legal claim back at the time they allege they had been sexually assaulted."