Things have gone from bad to worse for Bill Cosby ever since popular comedian, Hannibal Buress, joked of rape allegations made about Cosby in his stand-up act back in October 2014.
The ‘did he?’ or ‘didn’t he’ debates have been running in overdrive on both public platforms and in private discourse. With each additional allegation Cosby’s innocence has appeared less and less likely. Now it would seem that his guilt is all but a certainty with previously sealed documents from a 2005 court case being made public on Monday the 6th of June 2015.
The transcript of the case has Cosby admitting to acquiring Quaaludes and other prescription drugs with the intention of sedating young women that he wanted to have sex with.
The revelations provided by these documents have driven the final nail into the coffin for Cosby’s legacy and his iconic television shows titled ‘The Cosby Show’ and ‘Cosby’ would now appear to have joined the funeral. Both Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T.) and Bounce T.V. – who were still airing re-runs of the shows- have suddenly pulled them from their line-up following the disclosure of the contents of the 2005 case.
Though the civil lawsuit in question resulted in a private settlement, the details of the case have been made public by way of a hard fought legal battle between the Associated Press and Cosby’s legal team.
According to the Guardian U.S. Federal Court Judge Eduardo Robreno said that Cosby had “donned the mantle of public moralist” when replying to Cosby’s claim that he had a right to privacy. Robreno went on to say that the voluntary push by Cosby to promote himself as an example of morality had significantly reduced his right to privacy and concluded that:
“The nature of the allegations – sex, drugs, seduction, etc – do not cloak this case, including the depositions of one of the parties, with an automatic, or per se, seal of silence.”
Many had been withholding judgement of Cosby until solid proof of his actions emerged. The actor has remained silent on all allegations made against him in recent months and has been protected by the statute of limitations which exist in most States in America. The forced disclosure of these documents has now said more about Cosby than his silence could ever hide.