# Can we talk about Bill Cosby?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-bill-cosby/705075>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-bill-cosby/705075 "2014-11-19T15:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-bill-cosby/705075/469 "2014-11-27T20:03:43Z")

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I’ll post my answer to **SA** ’s question from the Pit thread here as well:

> [@Enough from the defenders of rapists already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-from-the-defenders-of-rapists-already/705392/228):
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> That’s what good lawyers (and their PIs) do. That’s kind of a massive part of their job. Ask people who know people who know people. Most of these women probably knew other women with similar stories. Most likely, a significant number of the women with similar experiences were not interested in the lawsuit, having put it behind them with no interest in resurrecting it.

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