At this point, I don't see how even Cosby's wife and kids can be in denial. His lawyers are going to have a hard time painting upwards of 30 women -- including victims as well-known as Cindra Ladd and Beverly Johnson -- as all being opportunistic lying schemers.
Do they have to paint all 30 women as opportunistic lying schemers? If Cosby's attorney's only paint a few of his accusers as untrustworthy, unreliable and unbelievable, that will be enough for the die-hards and dead-enders who refuse to believe the women.
I would not expect Cosby's family to abandon ship. At least not publicly. Privately? That's another story, but daughter Evin Cosby, left no room to doubt she's still firmly on Team Cosby:
The family is always the last ones to abandon ship. Why would you think the Cosby family would try to distance themselves from its patriarch?Rape is a serious allegation and it is suppose to be taken VERY seriously but so is Falsely accusing someone. When someone rapes a person they go to prison. THAT should also happen to the person that has wrongfully accused an innocent victim. They are not ONLY destroying innocent people’s life they are ALSO making it hard for the MEN and Women to find justice when they have been raped
Drugged — you can remember the whole damn day but you were drugged? Just sayin. Memory — you can remember you looked at (allegedly) each other, people were starring allegedly remembering your home address allegedly the name you called him allegedly But you were allegedly drugged
It is a difficult situation for his close family to be in.
The same could be said for his TV family.
Malcolm Jamal-Warner, who played son Theo on The Cosby Show told Billboard: “He’s one of my mentors, and he’s been very influential and played a big role in my life as a friend and mentor. Just as it’s painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it’s just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this.”
Warner then added: “I can’t really speak on any of the allegations because obviously, I was not there. The Bill Cosby I know has been great to me and great for a lot of people. What he’s done for comedy and television has been legendary and history-making. What he’s done for the black community and education has been invaluable. That’s the Bill Cosby I know. I can’t speak on the other stuff.”
This is spin on Jamal-Warner's part. He testifies to Cosby's good works and characters, but doesn't directly address the accusations.
Wasn't there. Did a lot of good stuff. Can't say about the bad stuff. He's not that guy. Don't know nuthin'.
The last people who will jump ship on Cosby will be the ones whom owe him their careers and livelihood.
Alessandra Kelley said:What bothers me is the number of other people ignoring all evidence.
When a person says that X is proof that Cosby must be innocent, and then the exact opposite of X is proven, if they then say that the opposite of X is proof that Cosby must be innocent, one can only conclude that they are not honestly interested in examining any evidence.
There is a preponderance of accusations, but until one of these case reaches a courtroom we haven't had an opportunity to examine any of the evidence.