Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Fig. 1. Bill Cosby, after his prison release. Photograph by Tim Tai, 2021, via the Philadelphia Inquirer,^[1] fair use.

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Associated Press, “Cosby berates blacks for abuse, failure as parents,” NBC News, July 3, 2004, http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5345290/ns/us_news-life/t/cosby-berates-blacks-abuse-failure-parents/

Scott Neumann, “In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines To Discuss Assault Allegations,” National Public Radio, November 15, 2014, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/15/364297097/in-npr-interview-bill-cosby-declines-to-discuss-assault-allegations

Carl Bialik, “More On Bill Cosby’s History Of Mentioning ‘Spanish Fly,’” FiveThirtyEight, November 18, 2014, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-on-bill-cosbys-history-of-mentioning-spanish-fly/

witherspoonc [pseud.], “Supermodel Janice Dickinson: ‘Bill Cosby Raped me,’” Grio, November 18, 2014, https://thegrio.com/2014/11/18/janice-dickinson-bill-cosby-rape/

Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Cosby Show,” Atlantic, November 19, 2014, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/the-cosby-show/382891/

Rebecca Traister, “Why America Took So Long to Wake Up to the Truth About Bill Cosby,” New Republic, November 19, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/120338/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-why-america-took-so-long-wake

Grio, “Bill Cosby on rape allegations: ‘There’s no response,’ November 20, 2014, https://thegrio.com/2014/11/20/bill-cosby-response/

Grio, “Flashback: Nikki Giovanni ripped Bill Cosby back in ’07,” Grio, November 20, 2014, https://thegrio.com/2014/11/20/nikki-giovanni-bill-cosby/

Eugene Robinson, “On Bill Cosby, hard to keep the faith,” Washington Post, November 20, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-on-bill-cosby-its-hard-to-keep-the-faith/2014/11/20/f307de24-70f6-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html

Bill Wyman, “The press is responsible for ignoring Bill Cosby rape allegations,” Columbia Journalism Review, November 20, 2014, https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/bill_cosby_downfall.php

Aleksander Chan, “Two More Women Come Forward With Bill Cosby Rape Allegations,” Gawker, November 21, 2014, https://gawker.com/two-more-women-come-forward-with-bill-cosby-rape-allega-1661649398

Soraya Nadia McDonald, “Two new Cosby accusers emerge, including former Playboy bunny Carla Ferrigno,” Washington Post, November 21, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/21/two-new-cosby-accusers-emerge-including-former-playboy-bunny-carla-ferrigno/

Grio, “Report: Bill Cosby hired investigators to discredit rape accusers,” December 29, 2014, https://thegrio.com/2014/12/29/report-bill-cosby-hired-investigators-to-discredit-rape-accusers/

dwilson1911 [pseud.], “How would Claire Huxtable react to Phylicia Rashad’s defense of Cosby?” Grio, January 8, 2015, https://thegrio.com/2015/01/08/claire-huxtable-phylicia-rashad-defend-bill-cosby/

Jenée Desmond-Harris, “Why don’t we believe rape victims? Because of people like Phylicia Rashad,” Vox, January 8, 2015, https://www.vox.com/2015/1/8/7513119/phylicia-rashad-cosby-rape

Grio, “Creepy Bill Cosby interview resurfaces, describes dropping ‘Spanish Fly’ in women’s drinks,” January 13, 2015, https://thegrio.com/2015/01/13/cosby-interview-spanish-fly/

Jenée Desmond-Harris, “Another woman has accused Cosby of rape. The full timeline of allegations is horrifying,” Vox, January 27, 2015, https://www.vox.com/2015/1/16/7549603/cosby-sexual-assault-timeline

MaryClaire Dale, “Lawyers: Cosby’s drugs-sex admission could help women’s suit,” Sacramento Bee, July 7, 2015, https://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/celebrities/article26604859.html

Jenée Desmond-Harris, “Bill Cosby’s disturbing love of power, from race rants to drugging women,” Vox, July 8, 2015, https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259069/bill-cosby-rape-allegations

Jeremy Roebuck and Laura McCrystal, “Cosby charged with sex assault,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 2015, https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20151231_Source__Montco_DA_to_announce_result_of_Cosby_probe.html

Graham Bowley and Sydney Ember, “Experts Foresee Obstacles for Both Sides in Bill Cosby Case,” New York Times, December 31, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/us/experts-foresee-obstacles-for-both-sides-in-bill-cosby-case.html

Jeffrey Toobin, “The Central Question in the Bill Cosby Criminal Case,” New Yorker, January 5, 2016, https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-central-question-in-the-bill-cosby-criminal-case

Susan Svrluga, “George Washington University rescinds Bill Cosby’s honorary degree,” Washington Post, January 11, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/01/11/george-washington-university-rescinds-bill-cosbys-honorary-degree/

Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Bill Cosby and His Enablers,” Atlantic, January 12, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/bill-cosby-and-his-enablers/422448/

Blue Telusma, “Is it okay to admire Bill Cosby’s lawyer Monique Pressley?” Grio, January 12, 2016, https://thegrio.com/2016/01/12/bill-cosby-lawyer-monique-pressley/

Jonathan Turley, “Bill Cosby To Move To Suppress Critical Deposition and Dismiss Charges In Light of Prior Prosecutorial Assurances,” January 18, 2016, https://jonathanturley.org/2016/01/18/bill-cosby-to-move-to-suppress-critical-deposition-and-dismiss-charges-in-light-of-prior-prosecutorial-assurances/

Aaron Cooper, Jason Hanna, and Steve Almasy, “Bill Cosby case: Judge says prosecution can go forward,” CNN, February 3, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/us/bill-cosby-andrea-constand-sex-assault-charges/index.html

db [pseud.], “Bill Cosby Trial To Move Forward After Judge Refuses To Throw Out Case,” Talking Points Memo, February 3, 2016, https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bill-cosby-judge-refuses-dismiss-case

Associated Press, “Bill Cosby sues sex assault complainant for breach of contract,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2016, https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bill-cosby-suing-accuser-1.3452680

Mary Elizabeth Williams, “Camille Cosby’s moment of truth: After months of stalling, Bill Cosby’s wife and business manager finally goes under oath,” Salon, February 22, 2016, https://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/camille_cosbys_moment_of_truth_after_months_of_stalling_bill_cosbys_wife_and_business_manager_finally_goes_under_oath/

Sarah Kliff, “Trump, Cosby, Ailes: It took celebrity accusers to make us listen to sexual assault victims,” Vox, October 18, 2016, http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/18/13306300/trump-cosby-ailes-sexual-harrasment

Caroline Heldman, “Bill Cosby’s legal defense was a case study in rape culture,” Vox, June 13, 2017, https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/6/13/15793220/bill-cosby-trial-rape-culture

Steven Zeitchik, “Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby sexual assault trial,” Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cosby-verdict-20170617-story.html

Steven Zeitchik, “Prosecutor vows to launch new sexual assault case against Bill Cosby following mistrial,” Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2017, https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cosby-verdict-20170617-story.html

Jeannie Suk Gersen, “The Legal Meaning of the Cosby Mistrial,” New Yorker, June 18, 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/legal-meaning-of-the-cosby-trial

Grio, “Juror says Cosby panel was concerned about ‘politics’ of case,” June 22, 2017, https://thegrio.com/2017/06/22/cosby-jury-concerned-about-politics/

Molly Redden, “Bill Cosby: ‘Please don’t put me on #MeToo,’” Guardian, January 11, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/11/bill-cosby-metoo-philadelphia

Natalie Hope McDonald, “Bill Cosby to Face Five Accusers in Court,” Vulture, March 15, 2018, https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/bill-cosby-to-face-five-accusers-in-court.html

David Montero, “Bill Cosby conviction: Accuser praised as ‘the Joan of Arc in the war on rape,’” Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2018, https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cosby-trial-verdict-20180426-story.html

P. R. Lockhart, “Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for 2004 assault of Andrea Constand,” Vox, September 25, 2018, https://www.vox.com/2018/9/25/17896250/bill-cosby-andrea-constand-sentence-sexual-assault-prison

Manuel Roig-Franzia, “Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison,” Washington Post, September 25, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-cosby-sentenced-to-3-to-10-years-in-state-prison/2018/09/25/9aa620aa-c00d-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.html

British Broadcasting Corporation, “Bill Cosby sentenced to state prison for sexual assault,” September 26, 2018, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45644374

Ed Cara, “13 women accused Bill Cosby of rape—but it only took one man to make us care,” Daily Dot, May 30, 2021, https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/hannibal-buress-bill-cosby-rape-accusers/

MaryClaire Dale, “Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction,” Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2021, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-30/bill-cosby-sex-assault-conviction-overturned

Clarissa Brooks, “Phylicia Rashad Is Just the Beginning,” Cut, July 12, 2021, https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/what-phylicia-rashads-cosby-tweet-says-about-hbcus.html

Kenan Draughorne, “Jury finds Bill Cosby sexually abused teen in the 1970s, orders him to pay $500,000,” Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2022, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-21/bill-cosby-verdict-judy-huth-civil-trial

Nick Vadala, “Bill Cosby is facing another sexual assault lawsuit,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 2023, https://www.inquirer.com/news/bill-cosby-lawsuit-victoria-valentino-20230601.html

Beatrice Forman, “Nine women in Nevada sue Bill Cosby for alleged sexual assaults after state drops statute of limitations,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2023, https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-lawsuit-nevada-janice-dickinson-statue-of-limitations-20230615.html

1. ^[1]Beatrice Forman, “Nine women in Nevada sue Bill Cosby for alleged sexual assaults after state drops statute of limitations,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2023, https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-lawsuit-nevada-janice-dickinson-statue-of-limitations-20230615.html↩