Bill Cosby's Arizona show canceled amid scandal
Source: AP-EXCITE
NEW YORK (AP) Bill Cosby's February appearance at an Arizona casino has been canceled amid widening allegations of sexual assault.
No reason was given by Diamond Desert Casino in Tucson, Arizona for the canceled Feb. 15 show.
In the past week, numerous allegations of sexual abuse by Cosby from a number of women have led to canceled interviews and NBC and Netflix projects. "The Cosby Show" also was pulled off the air on TV Land. Cosby issued a statement Sunday discrediting decades-old accusations and his attorney has denied four of the allegations.
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Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)were comped tickets to that show.
We were planning to contact our Host to say, "No thank you" ... This just saves us a call.
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heaven05
(18,124 posts)he's innocent until proven guilty, I thought. I could be wrong.....
ashling
(25,771 posts)or fined him for rape &/or sexual assault before being convicted. I could be wrong...
When asked why they are taking this action, the casino folks should just use the same response that BC has used:
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believe what you please as I shall. He's not guilty of anything until it is proven that he is guilty by a jury of his peers.
cali
(114,904 posts)of his accusers and draw their own conclusions.
Ino
(3,366 posts)It's presumed innocent until "proven" guilty (in a court of law).
Plenty of guilty people go free because the legal proof is not there or the jury is biased. Plenty of innocent people are "proven" guilty in a court of law.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)commenting on this one. I smell a big pile of BS being dropped. Mr. Cosby is allowed the same "presumption" of innocence as that 'peace officer' wilson. Yeah plenty of innocent people are put away every day in this country, nothing new. And look at bush and cheney, they're guilty of war crimes and they went free.
Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)He had better be guilty, I actually hope he is at this point, because if he isn't then this is a terrible thing to do to a man whose already lost a son to a senseless murder.
He definitely appears to be guilty, but the circumstances also give more then enough reason for me to have reasonable doubt, especially since it never went to a court of law.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)does NOT mean "innocent."
Ino
(3,366 posts)zazen
(2,978 posts)Orrex
(63,224 posts)is for some high-minded individual to stride in and scold everyone for forming an opinion about Cosby.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)problem? This is far different from that ferguson executioner/murderer.
cali
(114,904 posts)what is the substantive difference between judging Wilson and judging Cosby?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)are entitled to a presumption of innocence IS my point. There is NO difference. He, like wilson, may be as guilty as hell of crimes, yet he is still entitled to a presumption of innocence.
blackcrowflies
(207 posts)As for me, numerous reputable women's word vs. his, and a lot of grief headed the way of the women for speaking out, I believe the women.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I don't believe the women's charges. I am saying, he deserves, if it goes that far, his day in court, as they do also.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Temple U make a statement?
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)It said, in a brief statement, that he is still a member of the Board of Trustees.
It will be hard for Temple to extricate itself from Cosby si,ply because of their long history together
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)when several kindly grandfathers were identified as former concentration camp guards, and deported.
It's also a repeat of the Roman Polanski story - can we separate the art from the artist?
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)If these people had stolen money or simply indulged in drug abuse, or non-predatory sexual behavior, sure, that can be separated.
But rape and genocide? No, some sins taint the soul and all that it touches.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)that if he is not monitored carefully, he might attempt suicide.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)His career is over and there is no going back. ever. If there is any good left inside of Cosby...then that part must be thinking of what you have written. That is all I can say...
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)In my opinion the very arrogance and narcissism that make him incapable of admitting his predatory nature, insulate him from impulse of self-destruction.
840high
(17,196 posts)going to post this.
blackcrowflies
(207 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)the man is a complete narcissist - he'll never admit wrongdoing nor does he feel the slightest bit of guilt
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)The next thing you will see is a plummeting demand in his shows. I have given away all my CDs of his work, as they are now forever tainted.
freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)Oddly enough a news station found him at a thrift store buying a Bill Cosby album,"in support of the actor"
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-files-public-disclosure-request-to-reveal-Kitsap-Co-strippers-identities-283562301.html?mobile=y&clmob=y&c=n
callous taoboy
(4,590 posts)Fat Albert, his appearances on Sesame Street, even the pudding commercials- He seemed like the quintessential great guy. These allegations are damning, though. It's like finding out your favorite uncle is a probable child molester.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)Purely for financial reasons, they said, weighing what would have the greater effect.