# Bill Cosby interview: I am not guilty and not remorseful **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016 "2019-11-26T17:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/1 "2019-11-26T17:03:38Z")
[CNN story here](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/us/bill-cosby-prison-interview/index.html) > [@](#): > > In his first interview since he was sentenced to prison for sexual assault, comedian Bill Cosby said he doesn’t expect to express remorse when it comes time for his parole. > “I have eight years and nine months left,” Cosby said, according to an article by National Newspaper Publishers Association’s [BlackPressUSA.com](http://BlackPressUSA.com). “When I come up for parole, they’re not going to hear me say that I have remorse. I was there. I don’t care what group of people come along and talk about this when they weren’t there. They don’t know.” So Cosby expects to be released from prison when he is 90 years old. Okay. What an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/2 "2019-11-26T17:21:49Z")
Perhaps he’ll pull an OJ Simpson and declare that he’s going to spend his time trying to find the _real_ person who drugged and raped all those women he was with. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/3 "2019-11-26T17:27:28Z")
People who claim innocence cannot be remorseful. Just saying… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/4 "2019-11-26T17:28:45Z")
To be fair, I guess it’s better than to say, “I’m guilty but not remorseful.” On the other hand, everyone including the legal system and he himself know that he’s guilty, so I guess he kind of is saying that. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/5 "2019-11-26T18:02:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Perhaps he’ll pull an OJ Simpson and declare that he’s going to spend his time trying to find the _real_ person who drugged and raped all those women he was with. When he drugged them he didn’t rape, and when he raped it was some unknown perpetrator who drugged them. Drugging and raping are two separate things and this witch hunt must end. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/6 "2019-11-26T19:16:24Z")
Red’s speech to the parole board in _Shawshank Redemption_ does not represent reality Mr Cosby. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/7 "2019-11-26T19:20:27Z")
\*Have a Coke and shut the fuck up, Bill. \* ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/8 "2019-11-26T19:40:16Z")
Yo, Bill. If I was in prison and they served pudding, I’d skip it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/9 "2019-11-26T19:57:13Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > People who claim innocence cannot be remorseful. > > Just saying… I understand your point, but, in general, it’s possible to claim that you are legally innocent of the charge(s) of which you were convicted without claiming that you have done nothing (morally) wrong, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/10 "2019-11-26T20:11:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > \*Have a Coke and shut the fuck up, Bill. \* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/11 "2019-12-11T15:18:05Z")
[Update: Cosby loses appeal](https://apnews.com/2f4b9e6b0da6980411b4f3080434d21b). > [@](#): > > In response to the court ruling, a spokesman for the actor repeated the attacks that Cosby’s wife and handlers have long made on the judicial system. Cosby has called himself a political prisoner in the mold of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. > > “This isn’t about justice,” spokesman Andrew Wyatt said Tuesday in a statement. “This is a political scheme to destroy America’s Dad.” > > Cosby maintains his innocence, he said, and still hopes to prevail at the state Supreme Court. May I add: Cosby is a loser with no appeal. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/12 "2019-12-11T16:24:02Z")
A “political prisoner”?? What possible political advantage is there in putting Bill Cosby in jail? The man NEVER was involved in politics, AFAICR. Hell, his staunch neutrality on the Vietnam War caused a long-running feud with Tommy Smothers. This makes no sense to me. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/13 "2019-12-11T16:26:57Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > A “political prisoner”?? What possible political advantage is there in putting Bill Cosby in jail? The man NEVER was involved in politics, AFAICR. Hell, his staunch neutrality on the Vietnam War caused a long-running feud with Tommy Smothers. > > This makes no sense to me. YMMV. You’re right. It makes no sense. Why would a guilty man make an argument like this that makes no sense? So he must be innocent! It’s the Chewbacca Defense. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/14 "2019-12-11T17:56:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re right. It makes no sense. Why would a guilty man make an argument like this that makes no sense? So he must be innocent! > > It’s the Chewbacca Defense. Chewbacca Defense? Would you elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/15 "2019-12-11T18:14:36Z")
[Chewbaca!](https://giphy.com/gifs/star-wars-chewbacca-needs-to-kick-the-drugs-jpNuN8LJpxMzu) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/16 "2019-12-11T18:18:09Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > A “political prisoner”?? What possible political advantage is there in putting Bill Cosby in jail? Because he’s a strong black man. And THE MAN cannot handle a strong black man, so THE MAN has to take him down!!! [Or something like that…](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/15/bill-cosby-camille-scathing-statement-sex-assault-judge-conviction/3678301002/) > [@](#): > > Camille said in the statement, sent to USA TODAY by Cosby’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, that the judge “tried to turn Bill Cosby into one of the most insidious stereotypes of African American men.” > > “Now, after more than 50 years of work, that humanized the dehumanized; which also challenged the perpetual architects of racist, exploitive and greedy maneuvers that have enabled them to divide and conquer … my husband has been severely redefined by Judge O’Neill, despite having zero proof.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/17 "2019-12-11T18:21:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re right. It makes no sense. Why would a guilty man make an argument like this that makes no sense? So he must be innocent! > > It’s the Chewbacca Defense. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Chewbacca Defense? Would you elaborate? [Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s parody of the OJ trial.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/18 "2019-12-11T19:37:56Z")
_Originally posted by **Camille Cosby:** _ > [@](#): > > Now, after more than 50 years of work, that humanized the dehumanized; which also challenged the perpetual architects of racist, exploitive and greedy maneuvers that have enabled them to divide and conquer When did he do THAT? I remember him being a stand-up comedian and sometime actor. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-interview-i-am-not-guilty-and-not-remorseful/844016/19 "2019-12-11T21:56:22Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > A “political prisoner”?? What possible political advantage is there in putting Bill Cosby in jail? The whole case even came up again because of the election for DA & “Me Too”. Back when the complaint was first filed, about 10 years before he was arrested the then-DA declined to prosecute citing lack of evidence. There _should_ have been a non-prosecution letter but the then-DA didn’t have it in his files & Cosby’s then-lawyer is long dead. The agreement to not prosecute is _why_ he testified in the civil case, which also was supposedly under seal. Civil cases are routinely postponed until after criminal cases are completed as otherwise the defendant wouldn’t testify as that testimony could be used against them in the criminal trial. Leading up to the election, the then-DA (who was running again) stated in an on-the-record interview that he reviewed the case many years ago & declined to prosecute as there was not sufficient evidence & that by agreeing to not prosecute it opened the way for Cos to testify in the civil case. His recollection seem correct given that Cos _did_ testify in that civil case. The political aspect of this is that the current DA did a case of “takebacksies” & that the sealed testimony was leaked & then allowed to be used against him. Do I think he did it? Probably. Do I think he should have been prosecuted given the agreement that supposedly happened years ago? No way.