# Enough from the defenders of rapists already

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**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-from-the-defenders-of-rapists-already/705392 "2014-11-23T05:26:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-from-the-defenders-of-rapists-already/705392/228 "2014-11-27T20:02:26Z")

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> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> What I’m curious about is how all the Jane Does happened to be found 10 years ago in order to offer supporting testimony in regard to Constand’s lawsuit. Did the lawyers run ads asking anyone who’d been assaulted by Cosby to come forward, or what? In other words, how did this disparate group of women scattered all over the country know to come forward with their stories all at the same time and for the same reason.

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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