Jane and Anuja discuss the downfall of Bill Cosby ("America's Dad") in the eyes of the public, and how a District Attorney seemingly worked to protect him from consequences
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SHOWNOTES:
Anuja misspoke at 1:38:10. She says Debra Motsinger but she meant *Donna Motsinger.
11:35: For clarity: When Anuja says “70s and 80s”, she means that some of the alleged assaults took place as far back as then.
30:56: Matt Lauer’s interview with Tamara Green was in 2005 and he was fired for sexual misconduct in 2017 (not 30 years later, as Anuja said – that was the time gap Matt Lauer grilled Tamara Green on during the interview).
44.07: Fear of being *disbelieved
1:00:44: End of the trials in *2018
1:24:40: Tamara Green did not testify in the Bill Cosby trials. The accusers that testified were: Kelley Johnson (first trial), Heidi Thomas, Chelan Lasha, Janice Baker-Kinney, Janice Dickinson, and Lisa Lotte-Lublin (second trial).
1:34:03: We cannot say that it is *reasonable…
1:37:46: “She” refers to Nicole Weisensee Egan in The Daily Beast article quoted below
Nicole Weisensee Egan’s book (covers 2005-2019):
Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America's Dad by Nicole Weisensee Egan
Nicole Weisensee Egan, Chasing Crosby: The Downfall of America’s Dad (Berkeley, California: Seal Press, 2019)
Legal documents:
Press Release closing the 2005 investigation (later claimed to be an immunity agreement
Press release from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania signed by Bruce Castor, then District Attorney. Published on February 17, 2005.
2015 Police Complaint, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bill Cosby
Shared by the New York Times. Complaint dated December 29, 2015.
Excerpts from Bill Cosby’s Deposition in his Civil Case with Andrea Constand, settled in 2005.
Andrea Constand’s Victim Impact Statement
Submitted to the Court for Bill Cosby’s sentencing. Shared by the New York Times on September 25, 2018.
Appeal Judgment from Supreme Court of Pennsylvania overturning Bill Cosby’s conviction
Argued December 1, 2020 and decided on June 30, 2021.
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