Some Longtime Fans Shocked By Criminal Allegations Against Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby was one of America's top TV dads for many years, and some viewers of his popular shows were still expressing shock to hear the allegations against him Wednesday.
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Bill Cosby was one of America's top TV dads for many years, and some viewers of his popular shows were still expressing shock to hear the allegations against him Wednesday.
The move comes after Cosby admitted having extramarital relationships with several women, including some who now accuse him of sexual assault.
The NYTimes first reported the revelations Saturday after obtaining a copy of a transcript from a deposition Cosby gave in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee who alleges he drugged and molested her.
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Obama made his comments during a news conference about the recent deal with Iran that Obama says will prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon.
Lawyers for women suing Bill Cosby for defamation say his admission that he obtained quaaludes to give young women he pursued for sex could bolster their claims.
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A day after his wife Camille issued a statement supporting her husband, a Los Angeles prosecutor has declined to charge Bill Cosby in a decades-old molestation claim.
Bill Cosby's wife released a statement Monday, saying those who have accused him of sexual assault have been have been "given a pass" without their accounts ever being vetted.
In the mid-1980s, Johnson was trying her hand at acting, and said Cosby invited her to his East Side townhouse to rehearse a scene for his top-rated television show. But Johnson said Cosby instead served her spiked cappuccino.
Two planned shows by Bill Cosby at the Tarrytown Music Hall have been postponed to an unspecified later date.
A Southern California woman became the latest accuser against Bill Cosby Tuesday, claiming in a lawsuit that the comedian molested her around 1974 when she was 15 years old.
Temple University in Philadelphia announced Monday that Bill Cosby has resigned as a trustee -- amid more than a dozen sexual-assault allegations.
Bill Cosby is still performing at a suburban New York venue next weekend but the embattled comic is offering refunds to ticket holders who don't want to go.
Bill Cosby's attorney released a statement Friday night, saying the claims from the women accusing him of sexual assault are "fantastical stories" that are "becoming increasingly ridiculous."
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We've issued a First Alert Weather Day for Friday evening into Saturday morning due to snow.
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