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We Need To Talk About Cosby throws light on how complicated legacies should be sensitively handled
Neerjad •The docu-series on Bill Cosby shows, "When it comes to legacies, complicated or otherwise, what we choose to frame in the foreground and what we relegate to the background is inherently political. Legacies are, after all, about posterity and memory."
We Need To Talk About Cosby: Documentary director W Kamau Bell on how the MeToo case tells the story of America
•"It doesn’t make sense to talk about Bill Cosby as if he was a solo man in the world. You have to really see how the boys-will-be-boys culture of Hollywood, specifically in the ’60s, invites a kind of behaviour that allows predators to hide," says Bell.
Bill Cosby asks US Supreme Court to not revive his criminal sex assault case
•Bill Cosby, 84, has been free since June 2021, when a Pennsylvania appeals court overturned his conviction and released him from prison after nearly three years
Months after release, Bill Cosby faces another sexual assault lawsuit for 1990 hotel room encounter
•“When Bill Cosby was released, it retraumatized me, it terrified me. I was really horrified for any woman or girl that would come into contact with him," says the accuser.
Veteran actor Phylicia Rashad apologises after tweeting in support of Bill Cosby
•“My remarks were in no way directed towards survivors of sexual assault,” said Phylicia Rashad following backlash for her tweet supporting Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby's acquittal in May rewrites a major chapter of Andrea Constand's upcoming memoir, The Moment
•According to several published excerpts, her book, to be released by Viking Canada, describes her history as a confident, athletic youth from Toronto turned professional basketball player in Europe, who initially connected with Cosby, a Temple alumnus and donor, over sports.
#MeToo activists worry acquittal of Bill Cosby could wither movement's hard-won momentum
•When America watched Bill Cosby — once 'America’s Dad' — go off to prison nearly three years ago, it was perhaps the most stunning development yet of the nascent #MeToo movement, which had emerged in late 2017 with allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
'Good lessons for prosecutors and hard lessons for survivors': Outcomes of revoking Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction
•The upturning of Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction illustrates the need for legal agreements that are “open, fair, and transparent.”
Explained: Why Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction was revoked by US court three years after he was found guilty
•Here's all you need to know about Bill Cosby's trial and background on the nonprosecution agreement that set him free
Bill Cosby denied parole after refusing to participate in sex offender programs in Pennsylvania prison
•This is the first year Bill Cosby was eligible for parole under the three- to 10-year sentence handed down after his 2018 conviction.