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Bill Cosby's Call for Neutrality from Black Journalists Backfires

Allie Jones · 12/16/14 08:53AM

On Friday, Bill Cosby broke his silence to speak to the New York Post's Stacy Brown, telling him that the black media should be "neutral" when reporting on the multiple rape allegations against him. Today, the President of the National Association of Black Journalists Bob Butler rejected Cosby's whole premise.

Camille Cosby Uses Rolling Stone's UVa Story to Defend Husband Bill

Taylor Berman · 12/15/14 05:48PM

Monday afternoon, Camille Cosby finally broke her silence on the rape controversy surrounding her husband Bill, issuing a statement in his defense. In it, she compares media coverage of the rape accusations against Bill Cosby to Rolling Stone's University of Virginia fiasco. She concludes the statement by asking, "Who is the victim?"

Supermodel Beverly Johnson Says Bill Cosby Drugged Her at an Audition 

Allie Jones · 12/11/14 01:40PM

In a thoughtful, revealing essay for Vanity Fair, Vogue's first black cover girl Beverly Johnson writes that Bill Cosby drugged her at his home while she was auditioning for a small part on The Cosby Show in the mid-1980s. She says that she was hesitant to tell her story before, because "black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don't need someone like [me], an African American with a familiar face and a famous name, fanning the flames."

Woman Sues Bill Cosby for Denying That He Drugged and Groped Her

Allie Jones · 12/10/14 03:00PM

Tamara Green, who first accused Bill Cosby of drugging and groping her in the 1970s on The Today Show in 2005, is now suing Cosby for defamation. Since the statute of limitations has run out for sexual assault, this is one way Green can face him in court.