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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,716 ...13, and it's even worse 'cause... 2 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,396 There were multiple times 3 00:00:21,438 --> 00:00:22,731 where there was a rumbling and a rumor 4 00:00:22,772 --> 00:00:24,733 around Bill Cosby, and it went away. 5 00:00:24,774 --> 00:00:25,900 And then Hannibal Buress... 6 00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:42,250 But for whatever reason, 7 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:43,918 when Hannibal Buress mentions Bill Cosby 8 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,754 and talks about this stuff, it explodes. 9 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:47,297 Bill Cosby-- Whoa, did you hear-- 10 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:48,965 Yeah, oh, no, it's-- they heard. 11 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:50,216 Yeah. Everybody heard. 12 00:00:50,258 --> 00:00:51,259 Everybody heard. That's what happened. 13 00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:52,719 That's what happened. 14 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:53,928 Nobody heard, and then everybody heard. 15 00:00:53,970 --> 00:00:55,680 And suddenly, 16 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:57,849 this is no longer a rumbling underneath the ground. 17 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:59,559 This is now a full-blown explosion 18 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:01,061 that everybody has to deal with. 19 00:01:01,102 --> 00:01:02,520 When I saw the video, I was just like, 20 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:04,731 "What the hell is he talking about? 21 00:01:04,773 --> 00:01:06,941 A rapist?" I'm like, "Oh, ugh. Ugh." 22 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:08,943 For once, these women thought 23 00:01:08,985 --> 00:01:11,780 that somebody was listening to them. 24 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,628 It is super important to bear in mind 25 00:01:26,669 --> 00:01:28,338 that Hannibal Buress is not just a man. 26 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:30,131 He is a Black man. 27 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:33,468 A man spoke up for what he did to women. 28 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,178 We got a special guest in the building. 29 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:37,305 The man who destroyed Bill Cosby's career. 30 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:39,307 Oh, my goodness. Don't start like that. 31 00:01:39,349 --> 00:01:41,810 Why Hannibal Buress? 32 00:01:41,851 --> 00:01:44,813 I don't really care whether it took a man or a woman. 33 00:01:44,854 --> 00:01:46,981 It had its impact. 34 00:01:49,067 --> 00:01:51,986 35 00:01:52,028 --> 00:01:56,908 36 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,581 Yep, I remember this. 37 00:02:44,622 --> 00:02:46,249 I know Hannibal a little bit, 38 00:02:46,291 --> 00:02:47,709 so I was clear on one thing: 39 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:49,878 he was not trying to take down Bill Cosby. 40 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,006 ...it wasn't even a fully developed bit. 41 00:02:53,047 --> 00:02:55,216 It was still--- 42 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:57,385 He was just doing that thing that comics do: 43 00:02:57,427 --> 00:02:58,887 taking shots at a sacred cow. 44 00:03:00,305 --> 00:03:01,806 And this ain't the first time 45 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:03,558 a Black comic had a problem with Bill Cosby. 46 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:10,398 Do you watch The Bill Cosby Show? 47 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,317 Yes! 48 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:14,360 I do too. I love   Bill Cosby Show. 49 00:03:14,402 --> 00:03:16,154 I've been a big fan of Bill Cosby all my life. 50 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:17,405 Never met the man before, 51 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:19,240 but he called me up about a year ago 52 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,409 and chastised me on the phone for being too dirty. 53 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:22,744 "I would like 54 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:24,579 to talk to you... 55 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:32,086 about some of the things 56 00:03:32,128 --> 00:03:34,923 that you do in your show. 57 00:03:34,964 --> 00:03:38,426 You cannot say 58 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:42,931 filth, flarn, filth, flarn, filth in front of people." 59 00:03:42,972 --> 00:03:46,434 And I said, "I never said no filth, flarn, filth." 60 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:48,061 He says, "You know what I'm talking about. 61 00:03:48,102 --> 00:03:50,730 I can't use the type of language that you use, 62 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:53,066 but you know what I mean when I say filth, 63 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:54,609 flarn, flarn, flarn, filth." 64 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,778 And I said, "I never said no filth, flarn, filth. 65 00:03:56,819 --> 00:03:57,904 And I don't know what you're talking about. 66 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,781 I'm offended that you called. Fuck you." 67 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:00,907 For some reason, 68 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:02,617 Cosby's able to get people's numbers. 69 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:03,993 That's what I want to know. 70 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:06,037 How the fuck is he getting people's numbers? 71 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,747 That's the weirdest shit. 72 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:09,749 Like, "I got your number. Don't ask why. 73 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:12,001 I know everything. Doopa-doopa-dop." 74 00:04:12,043 --> 00:04:13,962 I was so mad, I called Richard Pryor's house up 75 00:04:14,003 --> 00:04:15,964 and said, "Yo, Richard, Bill Cosby just called me up 76 00:04:16,005 --> 00:04:17,465 and told me I was too dirty." 77 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:19,217 And Richard said, "The next time motherfucker call, 78 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,969 tell him I said suck my dick." 79 00:04:22,512 --> 00:04:23,805 It was fucked up. 80 00:04:23,846 --> 00:04:25,098 He's this young guy doing comedy, 81 00:04:25,139 --> 00:04:26,891 and this old dude, who he looked up to, 82 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,059 calls him and says, 83 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,477 "You need to stop talking like this," 84 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:31,271 and, you know, the filth, flarn, the filth. 85 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:33,231 And he was like, "Fuck you. Who are you?" 86 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,816 That shit was crazy, 87 00:04:34,857 --> 00:04:37,235 and he was just dogging different Black comedians. 88 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:40,571 That is when I think people started going, 89 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:43,658 "Why is our hero shitting on us?" 90 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,451 I think one of the most embarrassing ones, 91 00:04:45,493 --> 00:04:48,079 where I thought he got a little bit overboard, 92 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,330 was when Wanda Sykes-- 93 00:04:49,372 --> 00:04:51,040 she's walking around talking to people 94 00:04:51,082 --> 00:04:52,667 at the Emmys, 95 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:54,961 and she's just interviewing people. 96 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:58,923 Mr. Cosby, Ray Romano is presenting you your award. 97 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:01,050 So what, was Nipsey Russell busy tonight? 98 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:04,470 Nipsey could use some work. 99 00:05:04,512 --> 00:05:06,389 You know, you got Larry David sitting behind-- 100 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:07,974 you know, Larry don't know what he doing. 101 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:09,809 You know that? His show all improvised. 102 00:05:09,851 --> 00:05:11,978 Like, The Cosby Show, that was all scripted. 103 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:13,479 Yeah, we spoke English. 104 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:15,440 "We spoke English." 105 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:16,441 Damn! 106 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,318 I don't even--I-- 107 00:05:18,359 --> 00:05:20,111 and Wanda recovered from it. 108 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,947 But oh, my God, I wouldn't have gone back out. 109 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,782 Mr. Cosby can be a little smug. 110 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:31,331 Bill Cosby's tactics were really to bully people. 111 00:05:31,372 --> 00:05:33,166 Bill Cosby. Welcome, sir. 112 00:05:33,207 --> 00:05:35,043 Bill Cosby always thought 113 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:37,545 that he was almost better than other people, 114 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:39,213 because he was so clean 115 00:05:39,255 --> 00:05:42,216 and because he did present himself to the world 116 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:43,634 in a certain kind of way. 117 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:45,720 You're not crazy about the press 118 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:49,223 and the way it's doing-- handling its job in America. 119 00:05:49,265 --> 00:05:50,975 No, because they lie. 120 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:54,228 He made it clear that he did not like it 121 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:55,980 when people wrote critically of him. 122 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:57,648 If you criticize Bill Cosby, 123 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:59,609 he's gonna do everything he can to shut you down, 124 00:05:59,650 --> 00:06:01,694 and there were a lot of people afraid of that. 125 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:04,364 Some reporter says-- criticizes you 126 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:06,240 or says something that's not quite true, 127 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:08,451 some people will say, "What do you care?" 128 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:11,662 I don't like anybody having fun with me 129 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:13,956 because they're jealous. 130 00:06:13,998 --> 00:06:15,541 There were several instances 131 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:19,045 where he would call reporters himself, 132 00:06:19,087 --> 00:06:22,757 making mild threats about, you know, 133 00:06:22,799 --> 00:06:24,467 a reporter's work, 134 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:27,387 and a reporter needed to retract a story. 135 00:06:27,428 --> 00:06:28,805 That's frightening. 136 00:06:28,846 --> 00:06:30,431 Don't get upset with me 137 00:06:30,473 --> 00:06:32,767 because you decide to become a journalist 138 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:35,561 and you're only making $700 a week, 139 00:06:35,603 --> 00:06:38,272 so you begin to tear up somebody 140 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:40,733 who's making $60 million a year, 141 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:43,236 that you begin to dislike that person. 142 00:06:43,277 --> 00:06:47,532 It is--it's dishonest. 143 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:49,450 I was a new professor at Temple, 144 00:06:49,492 --> 00:06:52,453 and he had given a speech at Spelman College, 145 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:54,872 talking about Black men being irresponsible. 146 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:57,083 ...are dropping out of high school. 147 00:06:57,125 --> 00:06:58,876 Sending their sperm out everywhere. 148 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:02,130 But they know how to send their sperm cells out. 149 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,383 You know, just basically talking 150 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,636 about Black men being these... 151 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:10,596 social problems. 152 00:07:10,638 --> 00:07:12,056 And so I wrote an op-ed 153 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:14,600 challenging and criticizing Bill Cosby. 154 00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:19,021 The next day, I get a phone call from my dean. 155 00:07:19,063 --> 00:07:21,441 I'm an untenured new professor. 156 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:24,277 "Professor Hill, Bill Cosby has called me, 157 00:07:24,318 --> 00:07:26,446 he's called the provost, he's called the president, 158 00:07:26,487 --> 00:07:29,365 and he's asking why you would do this, 159 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:33,161 and he's asking if you are tenured," 160 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:37,248 which I took as a threat, 161 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,833 'cause there ain't a couple reasons to ask-- 162 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:40,334 it's like if somebody in the hood asks you, 163 00:07:40,376 --> 00:07:41,836 "What size them"--you know, "What size your sneakers?" 164 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:44,797 It's like they sizing you up to see how vulnerable you are. 165 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:46,799 Then he calls the education college 166 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:48,843 and says, "I want to start giving a talk 167 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:50,803 to teachers on a regular basis 168 00:07:50,845 --> 00:07:53,181 about how they should talk to their students." 169 00:07:53,222 --> 00:07:56,184 Mind you, he's never taught a class in his life. 170 00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:57,768 I decide, "You know what? I'll go." 171 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,312 So then I sit through it. 172 00:07:59,353 --> 00:08:00,938 So I go up to him. 173 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,567 "Dr. Cosby, my name's Marc Lamont Hill." 174 00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:08,321 He turns and looks at me, puts his sunglasses on, 175 00:08:08,362 --> 00:08:09,697 and then turns like this. 176 00:08:09,739 --> 00:08:12,325 Won't face me. Turns away from me. 177 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:15,203 I said, "Dr. Cosby, I wrote this piece, 178 00:08:15,244 --> 00:08:16,746 and I want you to recognize that I appreciate 179 00:08:16,787 --> 00:08:18,456 what you do for our community. 180 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:21,584 I just want to focus on the structural stuff 181 00:08:21,626 --> 00:08:24,295 and not the individual stuff. 182 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,255 The personal responsibility stuff, I think, 183 00:08:26,297 --> 00:08:27,548 can't be the only story we tell. 184 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:29,258 We gotta do both." 185 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,969 And I'm expecting him to, you know, engage me. 186 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,847 And instead he says, without looking at me, 187 00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:36,474 "Mr. Hill"-- 188 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:38,726 he's Dr. Cosby, but I got to be Mr. Hill, 189 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:41,646 and I got a real PhD. 190 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:46,150 "Mr. Hill, was I fucking with you?" 191 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,569 And I was like, "No." 192 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:51,239 And he was like, "Then why you up here fucking with me?" 193 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,241 Like, all North Philly came out of him, right? 194 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:54,742 And then the next day, I go to my office, 195 00:08:54,784 --> 00:08:57,370 and there's a note for me from my dean again. 196 00:08:57,411 --> 00:08:58,746 And he said, "Yeah, Bill Cosby called. 197 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,248 He said that he tried to have a talk with you, 198 00:09:00,289 --> 00:09:01,749 but you just wouldn't listen." 199 00:09:04,252 --> 00:09:05,336 That's Bill Cosby. 200 00:09:07,338 --> 00:09:09,549 In 2014, 201 00:09:09,590 --> 00:09:11,551 NBC announced that it was creating 202 00:09:11,592 --> 00:09:15,513 a new family sitcom with Bill Cosby at the center. 203 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:19,267 NBC was like, "Great, maybe we're gonna catch fire 204 00:09:19,308 --> 00:09:21,602 once again with another Cosby show," 205 00:09:21,644 --> 00:09:26,190 even though on the Internet for any executive to see 206 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:29,694 was rape allegations against Bill Cosby 207 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:34,240 and even rape allegations on NBC on The Today Show. 208 00:09:34,282 --> 00:09:37,285 He produced two capsules in his hand, 209 00:09:37,326 --> 00:09:39,161 but I thought nothing of it and I-- 210 00:09:39,203 --> 00:09:41,080 This stuff was out there. 211 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:42,790 No one wanted to grapple with it. 212 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:45,626 ...you know, and that's how the actual assault began. 213 00:09:45,668 --> 00:09:48,170 If multiple news pieces are out there in the media 214 00:09:48,212 --> 00:09:51,090 and you still made that fucking deal, 215 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:53,968 what kind of monsters are you? 216 00:09:54,010 --> 00:09:56,053 Yeah, see, now, there's a whole new culture. 217 00:09:56,095 --> 00:09:58,097 Most of us weren't grappling with it back then. 218 00:09:58,139 --> 00:09:59,765 Bill Cosby was still America's dad. 219 00:09:59,807 --> 00:10:02,810 For me, when you were cursing, I started crying. 220 00:10:02,852 --> 00:10:05,146 He was still Black America's angry grandpa. 221 00:10:05,187 --> 00:10:09,317 The kid could be busted tonight-- 222 00:10:09,358 --> 00:10:11,152 But something about Hannibal's joke 223 00:10:11,193 --> 00:10:13,154 plus grainy cellphone footage 224 00:10:13,195 --> 00:10:16,324 plus this new era of social media was explosive. 225 00:10:16,365 --> 00:10:18,326 The video of comedian Hannibal Buress 226 00:10:18,367 --> 00:10:19,827 went viral. 227 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:24,165 Yeah. 228 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:26,208 Yeah. Well, that's... 229 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:27,627 Hannibal Buress. 230 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:28,836 The spark that seemed 231 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:30,379 to ignite an explosion-- 232 00:10:30,421 --> 00:10:33,674 It put the lie to his sanctimony. 233 00:10:33,716 --> 00:10:36,636 How dare you criticize anyone else? 234 00:10:36,677 --> 00:10:38,971 Yeah, my pants might be sagging, 235 00:10:39,013 --> 00:10:40,514 but I ain't never raped nobody. 236 00:10:40,556 --> 00:10:44,143 I could hear his anger about the hypocrisy 237 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:45,561 of being preached to. 238 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:47,480 Now, suddenly, it's on Twitter 239 00:10:47,521 --> 00:10:49,190 and Facebook and YouTube, 240 00:10:49,231 --> 00:10:51,859 and suddenly what could have been a blip 241 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:53,736 is now a full-blown media scandal. 242 00:10:53,778 --> 00:10:56,030 That unleashed an anti-Cosby blizzard of-- 243 00:10:56,072 --> 00:10:57,698 Now, many people remember Hannibal's joke 244 00:10:57,740 --> 00:11:00,034 as being the thing that took down Bill Cosby, 245 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:01,869 but that's not true. 246 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:04,705 Bill Cosby was still doing Bill Cosby things. 247 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:06,165 Just a few weeks later, 248 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:07,875 Bill and Camille were promoting 249 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,211 and exhibition of their art at the Smithsonian, 250 00:11:10,252 --> 00:11:12,505 like nothing weird was going on. 251 00:11:12,546 --> 00:11:13,881 And there were lots of media interviews 252 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:15,800 about the art, like it was business as usual. 253 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:19,136 That thing is so wonderful. 254 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:20,721 A couple journalists did manage to ask questions 255 00:11:20,763 --> 00:11:21,972 about Hannibal's joke. 256 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:23,724 I have to ask about your name 257 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:27,561 coming up in the news recently regarding this comedian. 258 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:29,063 No, no, we don't answer that. 259 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:30,231 Okay. 260 00:11:30,272 --> 00:11:31,732 At the time, 261 00:11:31,774 --> 00:11:32,900 those clips didn't see the light of day. 262 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:33,901 Thank you. 'Cause... 263 00:11:33,943 --> 00:11:35,361 Thank you. 264 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:36,862 Now, can I get something from you? 265 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:38,072 What's that? 266 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:40,741 That none of that will be shown. 267 00:11:40,783 --> 00:11:44,537 I-- 268 00:11:44,578 --> 00:11:48,040 I can't promise that myself, but you didn't say anything-- 269 00:11:48,082 --> 00:11:50,584 I know I didn't say anything, 270 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:53,421 but I'm asking your integrity 271 00:11:53,462 --> 00:11:56,215 that since I didn't want to say anything, 272 00:11:56,257 --> 00:11:58,926 but I did answer you in terms of 273 00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:00,553 "I don't want to say anything," 274 00:12:00,594 --> 00:12:02,722 of what value will it have? 275 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:06,308 I don't think it will-- Ma'am, what'd you say? 276 00:12:07,643 --> 00:12:10,020 Sorry? What did you say? 277 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:11,689 I don't think it has any value either. 278 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:13,107 Yeah. 279 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:16,736 And I would appreciate it if it was scuttled. 280 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:18,070 I hear you. 281 00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:20,573 I will tell that to my editors, 282 00:12:20,614 --> 00:12:24,702 and I think that they will understand. 283 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:27,204 Well, I think if you want to consider yourself 284 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:29,373 to be serious... 285 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:31,417 ...that it will not appear anywhere. 286 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:32,960 Okay. 287 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:36,422 And I think you need to get on the phone with his... 288 00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:39,133 I will, yeah. ...person immediately. 289 00:12:39,175 --> 00:12:41,844 Okay. Okay, thank you. 290 00:12:41,886 --> 00:12:44,263 At that particular point in time, 291 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,182 it was sort of the perfect storm. 292 00:12:46,223 --> 00:12:49,977 It was my opportunity to tell my story. 293 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:51,103 Now, even though Hannibal's joke 294 00:12:51,145 --> 00:12:52,521 got people talking, 295 00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:54,440 it was Barbara Bowman's op-ed 296 00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:56,650 that led other survivors to come forward. 297 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:59,111 Monday morning, when it hit the paper, 298 00:12:59,153 --> 00:13:00,821 it went viral. 299 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:03,032 The man who became known as America's dad 300 00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:05,618 now facing a variety of troubling allegations. 301 00:13:05,659 --> 00:13:07,369 I was hovering over the toilet bowl. 302 00:13:07,411 --> 00:13:09,789 Women coming forward with shocking claims. 303 00:13:09,830 --> 00:13:11,290 Two women have come forward, 304 00:13:11,332 --> 00:13:13,417 publicly accusing him of sexual assault. 305 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:14,627 The next morning, I woke up, 306 00:13:14,668 --> 00:13:15,836 and I wasn't wearing my pajamas 307 00:13:15,878 --> 00:13:17,087 She is the fourth woman 308 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:18,506 to come forward in recent weeks. 309 00:13:18,547 --> 00:13:20,174 In his hand, he had two big, large, white pills. 310 00:13:20,216 --> 00:13:21,592 More trouble for Bill Cosby. 311 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:22,927 Another woman has come-- 312 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,470 He grabbed me, like-- 313 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:26,472 He poured a beverage for me, an alcoholic beverage. 314 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:28,182 He had his hand on the back of my head-- 315 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,017 ...this very predatory, intense look. 316 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:31,685 ...accusing comedian Bill Cosby 317 00:13:31,727 --> 00:13:33,187 of drugging and raping her. 318 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:34,522 I wanted to leave. I wanted to get out of there. 319 00:13:34,563 --> 00:13:36,023 Oh, my God. 320 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:37,358 A woman comes forward claiming 321 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:39,693 Cosby sexually assaulted her decades ago. 322 00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:42,863 I don't remember any of it. He said, "I'm Bill Cosby." 323 00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:44,198 Another accusation of sexual assault-- 324 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,324 Another woman has come forward... 325 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,034 The room started to spin. 326 00:13:47,076 --> 00:13:48,369 More trouble for Bill Cosby. 327 00:13:48,410 --> 00:13:49,829 At least 15 women have accused 328 00:13:49,870 --> 00:13:51,205 the 77-year-old of sexual assault. 329 00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:52,915 I had no interest in sex of any kind with Bill Cosby. 330 00:13:52,957 --> 00:13:54,375 Cosby drugged and assaulted them decades ago. 331 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:56,043 I was drugged and raped by Bill Cosby. 332 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:57,211 ...claimed she was drugged and raped by Cosby. 333 00:13:57,253 --> 00:13:58,462 Bill Cosby made me a victim. 334 00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:59,672 This was not-- I said, "Where's my dress?" 335 00:13:59,713 --> 00:14:00,840 ...and the number of women 336 00:14:00,881 --> 00:14:02,258 leveling charges against him is growing. 337 00:14:02,299 --> 00:14:03,968 I was barely conscious. 338 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:05,469 The accusations just keep coming. 339 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:07,221 ...with no clothes... He said, "You owe me." 340 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:08,931 The actor and comedian has been accused 341 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,850 by more than 50 women. 342 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:13,811 343 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:17,022 344 00:14:17,064 --> 00:14:19,567 For as shocking as it was that he would have, 345 00:14:19,608 --> 00:14:22,236 you know, cheated on his wife, 346 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:25,072 you were able to sort of rationalize that 347 00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:29,493 and say, "Well, Bill Cosby is a superstar. 348 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:32,413 He has been famous for about fifty-leven years. 349 00:14:32,454 --> 00:14:34,415 It's not totally inconceivable 350 00:14:34,456 --> 00:14:36,333 that even Bill Cosby 351 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:39,503 has fallen short of the glory of God, as they say." 352 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:41,922 But this was something else. 353 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:43,674 You start hearing about-- wait, what? 354 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,259 That not only did he cheat, 355 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:47,052 but he might have actually been, 356 00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,345 you know, a predator? 357 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:51,432 He might have violated women? This guy? 358 00:14:51,473 --> 00:14:54,476 It was impossible to comprehend, impossible. 359 00:14:54,518 --> 00:14:57,605 It was just like, "No, not Bill Cosby." 360 00:14:57,646 --> 00:14:59,899 It was very easy to believe 361 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:02,568 that a white world 362 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:05,112 that can't be trusted generally 363 00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:07,781 as it relates to matters of race 364 00:15:07,823 --> 00:15:09,867 would be more than willing 365 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:13,454 to air 366 00:15:13,495 --> 00:15:16,665 grievances against Cosby 367 00:15:16,707 --> 00:15:20,753 that had some other kind of ulterior motive. 368 00:15:20,794 --> 00:15:23,339 Lot of conspiracy theories pop out about Bill Cosby. 369 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:26,300 Maybe the most popular one is that he was about to buy NBC 370 00:15:26,342 --> 00:15:28,469 when these allegations come up. 371 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:31,221 And, you know, they were not gonna allow a Black man 372 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,140 to have that much power in media. 373 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:34,767 And so they just, 374 00:15:34,808 --> 00:15:38,604 I don't know, hired 68 women or something 375 00:15:38,646 --> 00:15:40,105 to lie about him. 376 00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:41,440 And there was no indication 377 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,317 that NBC was gonna sell to him anyway. 378 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:45,069 And just to be clear, 379 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:46,820 NBC doesn't have to sell it to him. 380 00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:48,656 So the logic of it is bizarre, 381 00:15:48,697 --> 00:15:50,491 but we go to such extravagant lengths 382 00:15:50,532 --> 00:15:51,992 to avoid the obvious, 383 00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:53,786 which is that someone did harm, 384 00:15:53,827 --> 00:15:55,412 and they need to be held accountable. 385 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:57,665 Lots of us had a hard time accepting this. 386 00:15:57,706 --> 00:15:59,249 But for many people, 387 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:02,211 this July 2015 New York   magazine cover 388 00:16:02,252 --> 00:16:03,796 was the moment the allegations 389 00:16:03,837 --> 00:16:05,589 really hit home. 390 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:08,300 35 women and an empty chair 391 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:11,387 to symbolize the women who hadn't come forward. 392 00:16:11,428 --> 00:16:13,472 But for many Black folks, 393 00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:15,808 this just a white magazine we don't read. 394 00:16:15,849 --> 00:16:17,351 How can we trust this? 395 00:16:17,393 --> 00:16:18,894 Kierna Mayo... 396 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:20,688 It took a Black magazine 397 00:16:20,729 --> 00:16:22,481 and, more importantly, a Black woman 398 00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,691 to jump-start the conversation 399 00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:24,942 in our community. 400 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:29,029 The Cosby story was reaching a crescendo. 401 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:31,949 All 60 women had not come out at the time, 402 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:35,035 but there were enough that we couldn't deny 403 00:16:35,077 --> 00:16:37,538 that the most urgent conversation 404 00:16:37,579 --> 00:16:40,207 was centered around Cosby. 405 00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:43,210 We know that we need to disrupt the idea 406 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:44,878 that this family is still intact, 407 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,338 'cause not only are the Huxtables 408 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:47,673 no longer intact, 409 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:49,883 but our families, Black families, 410 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:52,970 as a result of this conversation, feel broken. 411 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,513 People are pretty upset tonight 412 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:57,141 about the cover of November's EBONY magazine. 413 00:16:57,182 --> 00:17:00,728 We realized that being EBONY magazine, 414 00:17:00,769 --> 00:17:02,855 the oldest Black publication, 415 00:17:02,896 --> 00:17:07,317 the most venerable Black publication in the country, 416 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,320 that we just had a real serious responsibility. 417 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:13,157 Because EBONY itself had a legacy, 418 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:18,120 and that legacy usually was about uplift. 419 00:17:18,162 --> 00:17:21,415 That legacy prior to that moment 420 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:24,376 had not been about critical analysis. 421 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:27,421 It had been about Black excellence on display. 422 00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:30,966 So it was scary as hell, 423 00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:33,343 and almost immediately, 424 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:35,888 we started getting a lot of criticism. 425 00:17:35,929 --> 00:17:37,097 People are mad. 426 00:17:37,139 --> 00:17:39,058 I mean, they are mad at this cover 427 00:17:39,099 --> 00:17:42,061 because they believe that EBONY magazine, 428 00:17:42,102 --> 00:17:44,438 I think, is supposed to show glowing images 429 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,231 all the time of African Americans. 430 00:17:46,273 --> 00:17:48,942 And so that began an onslaught of attacks 431 00:17:48,984 --> 00:17:51,570 directed toward me personally. 432 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:54,448 But at the time, the best we could do 433 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,784 was think about a way that we could anchor this 434 00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:58,619 so that it was unavoidable, 435 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,662 so that every household in America, 436 00:18:00,704 --> 00:18:01,955 to the extent that Black folks 437 00:18:01,997 --> 00:18:03,624 were still subscribing to EBONY, 438 00:18:03,665 --> 00:18:05,084 they had to engage. 439 00:18:05,125 --> 00:18:06,710 There was no more running, you know? 440 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,587 The only way out is through. 441 00:18:08,629 --> 00:18:11,340 soft tense music 442 00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:16,178 I have been in this business 52 years, 443 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,514 and I will-- 444 00:18:18,555 --> 00:18:20,557 I've never seen anything like this. 445 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:23,602 This is about the obliteration of legacy. 446 00:18:23,644 --> 00:18:27,231 In America, still-- I know it's a shock, 447 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:29,483 but you actually were innocent 448 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:31,401 Until proven guilty. Until proven guilty. 449 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:33,612 This story, initially, 450 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:36,323 was seen as white women 451 00:18:36,365 --> 00:18:39,368 accusing a Black man 452 00:18:39,409 --> 00:18:41,829 of sexual impropriety. 453 00:18:41,870 --> 00:18:45,165 And that, for African Americans, 454 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:47,668 caused us to go, "Hold up. 455 00:18:47,709 --> 00:18:49,336 What's going on here?" 456 00:18:49,378 --> 00:18:51,755 As Black people, 457 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,174 we gonna give you about 15 chances. 458 00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:56,426 You know what I mean? R. Kelly? Bullshit! 459 00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:58,345 OJ?  Come on! 460 00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:00,305 We don't give in that easy. 461 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:03,308 You really gonna have to have some scientific proof 462 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:05,018 that this really happened, 'cause they know-- 463 00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:07,396 We know they love taking down our heroes. 464 00:19:07,437 --> 00:19:10,065 So I just didn't think that this guy, 465 00:19:10,107 --> 00:19:12,317 Mr. Huxtable, Mr. Jell-O Pudding, 466 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,987 was doing this to these women. 467 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:19,158 Black men have generally not been standing up to defend us. 468 00:19:19,199 --> 00:19:21,034 They haven't, and unfortunately, 469 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:23,912 it's very sad for me to say, but it has been the Black man 470 00:19:23,954 --> 00:19:26,748 who has been my worst enemy in this. 471 00:19:26,790 --> 00:19:28,709 Just attacking me, blaming, shaming me. 472 00:19:28,750 --> 00:19:31,170 Like, "How dare you speak out against Bill Cosby? 473 00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:32,880 He's an icon." 474 00:19:32,921 --> 00:19:35,591 Look, I know Lili is telling the truth 475 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:37,759 'cause I've seen it. 476 00:19:37,801 --> 00:19:39,678 America has a history and a present 477 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,346 of turning its back on Black women, 478 00:19:41,388 --> 00:19:42,973 and women overall, 479 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,517 who experience sexual assault and rape. 480 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,689 And unfortunately for many Black men, 481 00:19:50,731 --> 00:19:53,150 we feel like we know Bill Cosby, 482 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,902 so we want to take up for him. 483 00:19:54,943 --> 00:19:56,695 ...claims she was drugged and raped by Cosby. 484 00:19:56,737 --> 00:19:58,155 And since we don't know these women, 485 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,240 we don't take up for them. 486 00:20:00,282 --> 00:20:02,075 That's the frustrating part. 487 00:20:02,117 --> 00:20:05,204 Sometimes you don't believe until rape or sexual assault 488 00:20:05,245 --> 00:20:06,914 happens to someone you know. 489 00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:08,582 I didn't believe none of them women. 490 00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:11,710 Whatever it was, 36 women. I was like, "Yeah." 491 00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:13,378 And they were like, "All the stories match." 492 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:16,381 I go, "She heard her yesterday on   The Today Show, 493 00:20:16,423 --> 00:20:18,383 and she heard her on   Good Morning America, 494 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:20,260 and she read about her in L.A. Times, 495 00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:21,762 and they made their stories match. 496 00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:24,056 It wasn't until... 497 00:20:24,097 --> 00:20:26,850 I saw Beverly Johnson's interview. 498 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:29,853 Please welcome Beverly Johnson. 499 00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:33,440 And the way her face looked. 500 00:20:33,482 --> 00:20:35,609 And I'm friends with her. I play golf with her. 501 00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:36,944 She said--I think-- 502 00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:38,111 I can't remember why she said it. 503 00:20:38,153 --> 00:20:40,072 She said she went to go visit him... 504 00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:43,075 And then he started to make this cappuccino 505 00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:45,285 and offered me a cup of cappuccino... 506 00:20:45,327 --> 00:20:46,411 He gave her a drink. 507 00:20:46,453 --> 00:20:48,580 I really don't want to drink it. 508 00:20:48,622 --> 00:20:50,999 And he insisted that I drink this cappuccino. 509 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:52,125 And she drank it... 510 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:53,794 So I took a sip of the cappuccino 511 00:20:53,835 --> 00:20:57,673 and I said, "Hmm." 512 00:20:57,714 --> 00:21:01,718 And at that moment, I knew I had been drugged. 513 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:02,928 And then she looked at him and said... 514 00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:05,055 You're a. 515 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:07,557 "You motherfucker." 516 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:11,478 And the way she said that shit made me go, 517 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,731 "Okay, there may be something to it." 518 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,316 I was like, "Oh, they're lying 519 00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:17,943 or exaggerating. 520 00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:20,404 I know that shit did not happen like that." 521 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:22,948 But then what happened was, 522 00:21:22,990 --> 00:21:26,368 I bump into this friend from years ago. 523 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:31,748 "Oh, hey, before you go, 524 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,500 can I ask you something?" 525 00:21:33,542 --> 00:21:34,960 "Go ahead, ask." 526 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:37,462 "So back in the day, 527 00:21:37,504 --> 00:21:40,299 you know, you were really close with Bill 528 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,885 and I just was curious, 529 00:21:43,927 --> 00:21:45,721 did he ever try anything with you?" 530 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:49,683 Silence, tears start coming down. 531 00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:52,686 So we sit in my car, and, I don't know, 532 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,855 it was an hour later, something like that, 533 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:57,816 she spilled it all out, 534 00:21:57,858 --> 00:22:00,736 and she says to me, "Do you believe me?" 535 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:04,614 And said, "Yes, I believe you." 536 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:06,867 She wasn't lying. 537 00:22:06,908 --> 00:22:10,037 So he at least did it to her, and if he did it to her, 538 00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:14,333 then yes, I believe that there were other women 539 00:22:14,374 --> 00:22:17,711 who were claiming-- I believe them. 540 00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:20,047 And I get where the backlash comes from, 541 00:22:20,088 --> 00:22:22,049 because America has regularly 542 00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:24,718 and repeatedly wrongfully accused, 543 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,554 wrongfully imprisoned, and straight-up murdered 544 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:29,431 Black men for nothing. 545 00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:34,478 So out of that comes a general feeling 546 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,063 in the Black community 547 00:22:36,104 --> 00:22:39,483 that Black men need to be protected at all costs, 548 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,610 even if their crimes are awful. 549 00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:46,782 Okay, so people think that it's a conspiracy, right? 550 00:22:46,823 --> 00:22:48,367 That a bunch of white women are trying to take 551 00:22:48,408 --> 00:22:49,368 Bill Cosby down? 552 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:50,911 Well, a third of us, 553 00:22:50,952 --> 00:22:53,914 of his public survivors, are Black women. 554 00:22:53,955 --> 00:22:56,625 There was this idea that, you know, he's being 555 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,627 Emmett Till-ed, if you will, 556 00:22:58,668 --> 00:22:59,878 because these are white women 557 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,755 making these accusations against a Black man, 558 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:04,966 except it wasn't only white women. 559 00:23:05,008 --> 00:23:06,593 People kind of, like, cut that part out, 560 00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:08,095 that there were Black women 561 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:09,554 and, in the case of someone like Beverly Johnson, 562 00:23:09,596 --> 00:23:12,015 a very well-known Black woman. 563 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,725 But that didn't fit the particular narrative 564 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:15,435 that they were trying to sell. 565 00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:18,605 But we were talking suddenly about dozens of women. 566 00:23:18,647 --> 00:23:20,774 And I think at some point, 567 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:23,443 the count stopped at, like, 60. 568 00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:25,195 And you knew, 569 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,072 at least I felt I knew as a woman, 570 00:23:27,114 --> 00:23:28,865 if it was 60, 571 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:31,493 it was probably 120 or 150. 572 00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:37,457 Deep Black girl sigh. 573 00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:39,292 Bill Cosby was not lynched. 574 00:23:39,334 --> 00:23:42,212 Bill Cosby actively chose to be a perpetrator, 575 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:45,132 You know, this is when Black protectionism goes bad. 576 00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:47,717 For Black women in particular, 577 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:50,178 when you have to tell your story, 578 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:54,683 and your story involves a Black male perpetrator, 579 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:58,437 what you carry is so much more than just the weight 580 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:01,940 of having been sexually assaulted. 581 00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:04,025 There is a psychological burden 582 00:24:04,067 --> 00:24:06,903 that is unbelievable. 583 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,363 It's very real. 584 00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:10,282 Just as it was true for R. Kelly, 585 00:24:10,323 --> 00:24:12,784 it's been true for Bill Cosby, it's been true 586 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:14,578 for other predators in the Black community 587 00:24:14,619 --> 00:24:16,538 that the popular culture didn't care enough 588 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:19,374 about the victims to pick up the narrative. 589 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:22,335 It's often been Black women keeping that narrative alive. 590 00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:24,463 But no, it's tough being a sister saying, 591 00:24:24,504 --> 00:24:27,632 "No, Bill Cosby probably raped that woman." 592 00:24:27,674 --> 00:24:30,343 Saying it not just on television and in essays, 593 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:32,179 which is one place to do it, 594 00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:35,515 but saying it in your home, saying it at the cookout. 595 00:24:35,557 --> 00:24:37,476 Stop the rape! And let's be clear. 596 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:39,186 It's often the Black women doing the work 597 00:24:39,227 --> 00:24:40,687 to protect our community. 598 00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:42,022 Look at Tarana Burke 599 00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:44,316 and the #MeToo movement she started, 600 00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:46,151 Dream Hampton and her docuseries, 601 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:48,195 Surviving R. Kelly, 602 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:50,989 and Kenyette Barnes and Oronike Odeleye, 603 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:52,866 founders of the Mute R. Kelly campaign. 604 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:54,201 We love you. 605 00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:55,869 They did the big work 606 00:24:55,911 --> 00:24:57,829 that the criminal justice system refused to do. 607 00:24:57,871 --> 00:24:59,623 No justice-- No peace. 608 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:04,002 NBC canceled plans for a Bill Cosby sitcom. 609 00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,253 The comedian was set to make his return 610 00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:06,630 to the small screen with the network 611 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:08,298 that made him a star in a new family comedy. 612 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,799 NBC has elected to drop the project 613 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:11,092 in light of recent events. 614 00:25:11,134 --> 00:25:12,260 The head of NBC at the time, 615 00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:13,803 Bob Greenblatt, said, 616 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:16,139 "Well, we were aware of allegations." 617 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,891 Plural. 618 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:19,559 And I'm paraphrasing what he said, 619 00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:22,020 but "We were aware that there were settlements." 620 00:25:23,146 --> 00:25:24,439 Plural. 621 00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:27,859 But they did the deal anyway. 622 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,655 And then he says something like, 623 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,240 "Well, because now, it's 15 women. 624 00:25:33,281 --> 00:25:35,700 It's not just two." 625 00:25:35,742 --> 00:25:37,536 That's one of those days where I'm like, 626 00:25:37,577 --> 00:25:39,079 "Launch this whole motherfucking industry 627 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:40,914 into the Sun." 628 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:43,875 629 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:45,418 630 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:48,880 We see what happens to individuals who come 631 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,758 and make allegations of sexual assault. 632 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,762 They find themselves vilified, discredited. 633 00:25:55,804 --> 00:25:59,224 Every part of their background gets hauled into question. 634 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:00,767 "You drank too much. 635 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:04,354 You slept with too many people. 636 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,815 You didn't report. You're a liar." 637 00:26:06,856 --> 00:26:08,275 What has held you back 638 00:26:08,316 --> 00:26:10,819 all these years from telling this story in detail? 639 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:12,571 The big question for a lot of people 640 00:26:12,612 --> 00:26:13,822 is, why now? 641 00:26:13,863 --> 00:26:14,990 Did you call anyone? 642 00:26:15,031 --> 00:26:16,074 Do you call the police? 643 00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:17,409 Do you tell a girlfriend? 644 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:19,411 Do you tell your mother? Do you tell anyone? 645 00:26:19,452 --> 00:26:21,204 Why have you waited so long? 646 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:23,331 You took the pill. You drank the alcohol. 647 00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:24,749 ...and you put yourself in a position 648 00:26:24,791 --> 00:26:26,918 to be close to him again. Why would you do that? 649 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,461 What were you doing to take that drink? 650 00:26:28,503 --> 00:26:30,130 What were you doing there at 2 a.m.? 651 00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:31,590 That's rape culture. 652 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,551 I remember telling my mom, 653 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:38,763 "Mom, I drank some alcohol, and I just don't remember, 654 00:26:38,805 --> 00:26:41,558 and, oh, my God, he's just never-- 655 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,977 I made an idiot of myself, you know?" 656 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:47,397 The funny part is, I did tell this story 657 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:50,150 to multiple people within the family. 658 00:26:50,191 --> 00:26:53,111 So when my husband said, 659 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:54,654 "I want you to watch this interview. 660 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:56,823 You have to look at this interview," 661 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,700 and I'm thinking to myself, "What are you talking about? 662 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:01,328 You know, why is this so urgent?" 663 00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:04,998 And he has to initiate, he has to bring it out of me, 664 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,916 because I start to shut down. 665 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:08,209 And I'm getting--you can see 666 00:27:08,251 --> 00:27:09,502 I'm getting shaky from it, but-- 667 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:12,714 Okay. 668 00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:13,965 One thing survivors of rape 669 00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,717 and sexual assault need 670 00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,552 is someone who is on their side. 671 00:27:17,594 --> 00:27:19,137 Hello. Hi. 672 00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:20,639 Many don't have that person. 673 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,933 But Lise, she's got that person. 674 00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:25,852 Why are you so far away? Come here. 675 00:27:27,562 --> 00:27:29,397 Give me a kiss. 676 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:32,901 How you doing? Good. All right. 677 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:40,450 You know, I do a lot of-- I go online, 678 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:43,536 I always watch CNN, Yahoo News, 679 00:27:43,578 --> 00:27:45,038 Fox News, you name it. 680 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,374 So I saw the video of Janice Dickenson. 681 00:27:47,415 --> 00:27:49,334 He had given me wine 682 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:51,544 and I had been 683 00:27:51,586 --> 00:27:53,171 sexually assaulted by this man. 684 00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:54,381 And it was like 685 00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:55,840 check marks started to go off. 686 00:27:55,882 --> 00:27:56,966 It's like, "Check mark, that's just like Lise. 687 00:27:57,008 --> 00:27:58,218 Check mark, that's just like Lise. 688 00:27:58,259 --> 00:28:00,595 Check mark, that's just like Lise." 689 00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:04,057 I sent her the video, and I said, you know, 690 00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:05,725 "Give me a call after you see it, 691 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:08,061 like, right when you're done." 692 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:11,439 And so she walks through the door, 693 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:13,900 and it's like, nothing, you know? 694 00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:16,111 So I turned to her and I look at her 695 00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:19,322 and I said, "Hey, did you see that? 696 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,241 The interview with Janice Dickenson." 697 00:28:21,282 --> 00:28:24,035 She said, "Yeah, you know, I saw the interview." 698 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:25,662 I said, "So what did you think about it?" 699 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:28,081 She goes, "I don't know what to think of it." 700 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:31,042 And I think later in the day, 701 00:28:31,084 --> 00:28:34,379 I watched it again and I watched it again 702 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:37,841 and I was like, "Oh, my God. 703 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:39,884 This is real," you know? 704 00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:41,302 Yeah. 705 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:43,722 And then I knew that she knew. 706 00:28:43,763 --> 00:28:46,015 And now, this process of, 707 00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:48,977 "Where do we go from here and... 708 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:54,065 what have we started?" begins. 709 00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:57,193 Bill Cosby appears to think that rape is a joke. 710 00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:59,320 Well, let me tell you something, Bill. 711 00:28:59,362 --> 00:29:01,489 I'm not laughing. 712 00:29:01,531 --> 00:29:04,826 I'm furious, and I've decided to fight for my rights 713 00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:07,537 and the rights of every man, woman, and child 714 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,622 who have been victimized by sexual crime. 715 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:13,001 I'm going through a divorce now, 716 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:15,211 but my soon-to-be ex-husband, 717 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:17,547 he was very instrumentally trying 718 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:20,258 to prevent me from going public. 719 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:21,509 He was like, "You can't go public! 720 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:22,719 You can't go public!" 721 00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:23,887 I was like, "I have to go public!" 722 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:25,013 "- You can't. You're gonna be a-- 723 00:29:25,054 --> 00:29:26,222 look at what's happening to the women. 724 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:27,724 They're gonna shame you and blame you, 725 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,601 and it was your fault anyway, 726 00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:30,643 and why'd you go to his house 727 00:29:30,685 --> 00:29:31,603 and"-- 728 00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:32,979 And in the argument like this, 729 00:29:33,021 --> 00:29:33,938 down comes Rafael. 730 00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:36,107 He's like, "Mom, you mean-- 731 00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:37,275 this happened to you, Mom? 732 00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:38,485 Why are you silent? 733 00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,278 Mom, you got to speak out. 734 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,407 Mom, speak out. Speak out, Mom. Speak out." 735 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:48,244 So because of him, I spoke out. 736 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:50,830 After he had won my complete trust 737 00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:53,166 and adoration, 738 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:55,126 he drugged and raped me. 739 00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:57,504 Good evening. 740 00:29:57,545 --> 00:29:59,172 Tonight, new and graphic details 741 00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:01,090 about Bill Cosby's own admission 742 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:02,926 concerning drugs, hush money, 743 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:04,844 and sexual assault allegations. 744 00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:08,097 The question was, why then? 745 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:11,851 Andrea Constand had filed her lawsuit prior to that. 746 00:30:11,893 --> 00:30:15,104 Thirteen Jane Does came forward 747 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:17,524 to say they would testify. 748 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:22,487 Then it settled, and then we didn't hear anything more. 749 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:26,199 For that civil suit, Cosby was deposed. 750 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:29,160 But there was agreement 751 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,329 that that deposition be sealed. 752 00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:33,915 Nobody was ever able to see it. 753 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:38,837 The judge argued because he had 754 00:30:38,878 --> 00:30:40,421 kind of branded himself 755 00:30:40,463 --> 00:30:44,551 as this public moralist during these callouts, 756 00:30:44,592 --> 00:30:46,886 telling, you know, poor Black people 757 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:51,391 to pull their pants up and disparaging single moms, 758 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:53,685 this deposition should be unsealed. 759 00:30:53,726 --> 00:30:57,188 And when that deposition was unsealed, 760 00:30:57,230 --> 00:30:59,607 Cosby's own words sunk him. 761 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:01,359 In a 2005 deposition, 762 00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:03,236 Cosby admitted under oath 763 00:31:03,278 --> 00:31:04,821 that he got a sedative 764 00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,198 for the purpose of giving it to women 765 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,409 with whom he wanted to have sex. 766 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:11,077 Now, if you were a person who believed 767 00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:14,247 Bill Cosby was capable of sexual assault and rape, 768 00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:16,416 then this was all the evidence you needed. 769 00:31:19,294 --> 00:31:21,754 But if you were a Bill Cosby defender, 770 00:31:21,796 --> 00:31:23,172 then you could frame this 771 00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:25,008 as Bill Cosby just being a celebrity 772 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:28,595 whose idea of a good time included drugs and sex. 773 00:31:28,636 --> 00:31:29,929 But Bill Cosby said 774 00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:31,431 something else in this deposition 775 00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:33,099 which, as far as I'm concerned, 776 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:35,435 ends any debate. 777 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:37,020 Cosby said the sexual encounters 778 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:39,439 with Constand were consensual. 779 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,608 "I don't hear her say anything," he said, 780 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,660 If Bill Cosby, 781 00:31:52,702 --> 00:31:54,621 or any other person, 782 00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:58,291 is drugging a woman, 783 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:01,711 he knows that she cannot consent. 784 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:04,547 That's why he's drugging her. 785 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:07,300 I must have read that 50 different times 786 00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:11,804 and cringed 50 different ways each time I read it. 787 00:32:11,846 --> 00:32:13,806 I mean, anybody, 788 00:32:13,848 --> 00:32:17,060 certainly someone as intelligent as Bill Cosby, 789 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,062 understands that if it's not 790 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:22,148 a resounding yes from the woman, 791 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:23,316 then it's a no. 792 00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:26,152 Bill Cosby was a rich and funny 793 00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:29,489 and, I'm sure, very bright man. 794 00:32:29,530 --> 00:32:32,325 He could have had sex with somebody 795 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:35,286 who agreed to have sex with him. 796 00:32:35,328 --> 00:32:38,623 But he wanted to have sex with unconscious women, 797 00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:40,333 and that's deviant. 798 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,502 If we actually grappled with the fact 799 00:32:42,543 --> 00:32:45,171 that sex negativity is what causes 800 00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:47,465 this type of behavior, 801 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:50,802 then we could create a world 802 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:55,014 where, in an idyllically sex-positive world, 803 00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:58,851 someone is able to pay conscious women 804 00:32:58,893 --> 00:33:02,814 to come and be drugged so that I can get my kink out, 805 00:33:02,855 --> 00:33:05,525 my fetish on having sex with unconscious people. 806 00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:07,610 There's a consensual way to do that. 807 00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:09,404 I think one of the reasons that it was difficult 808 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:13,366 for people to really accept 809 00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:16,536 that Cosby was 810 00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:20,206 what he ultimately is 811 00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,166 is that I don't think that people were willing 812 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,293 to countenance 813 00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:28,172 that kind of exponent of hypocrisy. 814 00:33:28,214 --> 00:33:32,885 It's just so different if someone trusts you 815 00:33:32,927 --> 00:33:34,721 and you drug that person. 816 00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:39,308 You know, that's where I struggle, 817 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:43,021 because here's a guy I love on one level, 818 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:46,524 but... 819 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:50,403 you do that to someone, you're a fucking monster. 820 00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:54,115 You're a fucking monster. 821 00:33:55,616 --> 00:33:59,704 Bill Cosby gave you a very clear pattern 822 00:33:59,746 --> 00:34:00,872 that he engaged in. 823 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:02,540 He told you what he did. 824 00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:04,333 He told you about the pills, 825 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:06,002 he told you that they went in drinks. 826 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,670 You took a little drop 827 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,213 and you put it in a drink. Drop it in the Coca-Cola. 828 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:12,800 He made that very clear without anybody else's help, 829 00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:14,635 without any witness testimony, 830 00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:17,346 without any other circumstantial evidence. 831 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:19,557 If I just go by what Bill Cosby tells me, 832 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,767 I know he's a creep. 833 00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:22,518 Haven't you ever noticed after people have 834 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,355 some of my barbecue sauce, they get all huggy-buggy? 835 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,108 So if Bill Cosby tells us all of that, 836 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,444 why would I not believe the dozens of women 837 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:33,279 who have come forward and corroborated 838 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:35,114 the very same kinds of stories? 839 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:36,949 You know, there are, like, little indicators of things 840 00:34:36,991 --> 00:34:38,367 that happened that you just go, 841 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,912 "Hmm, that was a little different." 842 00:34:40,953 --> 00:34:44,707 And one of them was this story, you know, 843 00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:46,918 that he told me where he was like, 844 00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:49,295 "You know, life is good in the movies or whatever. 845 00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:50,588 But you just be ready 846 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:51,881 because when this movie comes out, 847 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,382 you're gonna need two 848 00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:54,592 'cause the women are gonna be all over you." 849 00:34:54,634 --> 00:34:55,635 I was like... 850 00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,517 "No. What?" 851 00:35:02,558 --> 00:35:04,310 "I'm sorry, Dr. Huxtable, what was that?" 852 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:10,149 A narcissist doesn't think they're doing anything wrong. 853 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:14,070 They think everybody else is wrong, except for them. 854 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:17,490 And I think that was indicative of Bill Cosby. 855 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,659 So if he drugged a woman, 856 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:21,869 he didn't think he was doing anything wrong. 857 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:24,455 He thought, you know, "This is okay 858 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,040 because I'm Bill Cosby. 859 00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:27,917 I'm rich. I'm famous. 860 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,836 I'm not getting away with anything. 861 00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:32,421 I'm not doing anything wrong in the first place." 862 00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:35,007 Yes, I'm gonna be in Wheeling, West Virginia, 863 00:35:35,049 --> 00:35:36,968 Capital Music Hall. 864 00:35:37,009 --> 00:35:39,095 Eight o'clock show, that's right. 865 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,139 And you know I'll be hilarious. 866 00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:42,598 Can't wait. 867 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,975 Well, despite facing 868 00:35:44,016 --> 00:35:45,017 two new allegations of sexual assault, 869 00:35:45,059 --> 00:35:46,644 Bill Cosby is going on 870 00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:48,813 with his stand-up comedy tour as planned. 871 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:52,692 I wasn't shocked at all 872 00:35:52,733 --> 00:35:56,654 to see Bill Cosby go on tour 873 00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:58,948 in the middle of this firestorm. 874 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:02,326 This was Bill Cosby saying, "Uh-uh. 875 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:04,829 I'm not gonna go into hiding. 876 00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:06,330 I'm not going to buckle." 877 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:07,415 Demonstrators are calling 878 00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:10,126 for Cosby to quit performing. 879 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:13,838 He was cementing the fact that he was finished 880 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,798 because when you're far from finished, 881 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,134 you understand the changing tides. 882 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,178 And that's why people started showing up 883 00:36:20,219 --> 00:36:22,638 and protesting, to say, "No, 884 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,558 the days of you being able to do what you do 885 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,643 and carry on as though nothing has happened 886 00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:28,811 is over, buddy. 887 00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:30,938 It's over." 888 00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,148 Good afternoon, and we're coming on the air 889 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,399 with breaking news. 890 00:36:33,441 --> 00:36:35,359 Bill Cosby, just a short time ago, 891 00:36:35,401 --> 00:36:37,486 arraigned on felony sexual assault charges 892 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:39,572 in a Pennsylvania courtroom. 893 00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:42,158 He's accused of drugging and attacking a woman 894 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,202 in his home 12 years ago, 895 00:36:44,243 --> 00:36:45,745 the statute of limitations in this case 896 00:36:45,786 --> 00:36:47,747 expiring next month. 897 00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:50,666 How did I feel when Cosby was charged? 898 00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:54,587 I was elated but a little bit wary 899 00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:57,256 that maybe justice wouldn't be served. 900 00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:58,758 It is one of the most 901 00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:00,259 anticipated trials of the year. 902 00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:01,719 The actor and comedian has been accused 903 00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:03,221 by more than 50 women. 904 00:37:03,262 --> 00:37:05,181 In the Bill Cosby case, 905 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,142 it was also very important to have other women testify. 906 00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:11,854 These were witnesses who also, for the most part, 907 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:15,149 alleged that they were drugged and sexually assaulted. 908 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:18,110 The jury can conclude 909 00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:21,489 that because he had a pattern of drugging women, 910 00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:23,616 he knew they could not consent. 911 00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:27,245 The women that came forward did not consent 912 00:37:27,286 --> 00:37:29,413 to be drugged and unconscious. 913 00:37:29,455 --> 00:37:31,082 It was a three-ring circus 914 00:37:31,123 --> 00:37:32,458 in that courtroom, Kamau. 915 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:35,920 It was just like, "Damn, those"--it was like-- 916 00:37:35,962 --> 00:37:38,464 I was shocked to see 917 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:40,758 how much revictimization is allowed 918 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,803 in a rape trial. 919 00:37:43,844 --> 00:37:47,098 Well, I was hired by the District Attorney 920 00:37:47,139 --> 00:37:51,269 in Bill Cosby's trial to act as a blind expert. 921 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:53,229 First of all, you need to understand 922 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,314 that I grew up with Bill Cosby, too. 923 00:37:55,356 --> 00:37:58,067 And I loved him. 924 00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,028 I thought that he was really funny. 925 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:03,281 I didn't really look over at Bill Cosby, 926 00:38:03,322 --> 00:38:04,907 except for during a break. 927 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:08,286 And when I looked over at him and he was smirking, 928 00:38:08,327 --> 00:38:12,790 his demeanor was entirely consistent 929 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:15,042 with every other sex offender 930 00:38:15,084 --> 00:38:18,045 that I'd ever testified in front of, you know? 931 00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:20,589 And so I didn't have even a moment 932 00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:25,469 of, you know, feeling starstruck. 933 00:38:27,221 --> 00:38:29,515 I was the lucky one that got Tom Mesereau 934 00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:32,852 to cross-examine me. 935 00:38:32,893 --> 00:38:37,398 He had the nerve to ask me so many stupid questions. 936 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,985 He tried to make it sound like we were all whores, 937 00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:43,029 and what were we wearing that night, 938 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:45,281 and fuck him for that. 939 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,366 He is an asshole. 940 00:38:47,408 --> 00:38:51,412 Susan B. Anthony said courage is the best protection 941 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:54,749 that a woman can have, and I believe it. 942 00:38:55,916 --> 00:38:58,044 I think seeing her testify was-- 943 00:38:58,085 --> 00:38:59,712 it was unbelievable. 944 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:03,049 And she's sitting there, you know, in the seat, 945 00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:05,384 and Cosby's, you know, right across, 946 00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:07,219 throwing distance. 947 00:39:07,261 --> 00:39:08,346 They're asking her the questions, 948 00:39:08,387 --> 00:39:09,555 "So what happened on this date? 949 00:39:09,597 --> 00:39:11,265 What happened, you know-- and, you know, 950 00:39:11,307 --> 00:39:13,392 he gave you a drink," and all this. 951 00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:15,895 And you're sitting there and you're able 952 00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:17,730 to tell your truth. 953 00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:20,066 It-- 954 00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:22,526 you're the strongest woman I've ever known. 955 00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:23,986 I've known. 956 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,454 You are. 957 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:39,627 I love you to death. 958 00:39:39,668 --> 00:39:41,796 I love you, too. 959 00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,548 tense music 960 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:45,966 There is breaking news 961 00:39:46,008 --> 00:39:47,802 in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial. 962 00:39:47,843 --> 00:39:49,428 There has been a verdict. 963 00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:52,598 The comedian, now 80, has been found guilty on all counts. 964 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,266 A judge in Pennsylvania 965 00:39:54,308 --> 00:39:56,894 has just sentenced Bill Cosby to no less than three 966 00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:59,605 and no more than ten years behind bars. 967 00:40:10,157 --> 00:40:11,700 It felt awful. 968 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:15,579 It felt really sad. 969 00:40:15,621 --> 00:40:17,123 It felt like-- 970 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:21,752 I mean, look, 971 00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:23,796 the reality is, is he needed to go to prison. 972 00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:24,880 He's a criminal. 973 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:28,092 But was I at home cheering? 974 00:40:28,134 --> 00:40:32,388 No, I was like, "This is one of the worst-- 975 00:40:35,015 --> 00:40:37,143 ...this is just a sad day 976 00:40:37,184 --> 00:40:38,811 in the history of Black culture." 977 00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:40,688 Actually, really more than anything, 978 00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:42,106 what I felt sad about 979 00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:46,318 is what it did to Black-- 980 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,487 our Black culture. 981 00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:51,532 And I said to my husband, I just said, "This sucks." 982 00:40:53,075 --> 00:40:55,244 That will be a moment I will never forget. 983 00:40:57,329 --> 00:41:01,041 Our friend texted one word to us in solid caps. 984 00:41:01,083 --> 00:41:02,877 He texted the word "guilty." 985 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,755 We were standing in the pharmacy 986 00:41:06,797 --> 00:41:09,091 and both of us-- and my husband's a big man, 987 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,177 and he doesn't cry-- both of us fell 988 00:41:11,218 --> 00:41:13,471 into each other's arms and cried. 989 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:16,348 We just stood there crying because neither one of us 990 00:41:16,390 --> 00:41:18,184 believed this would ever happen, 991 00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:19,935 ever, ever, ever. 992 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:23,856 soft music 993 00:41:23,898 --> 00:41:27,318 But Bill Cosby going to prison isn't justice 994 00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:29,528 when we still have an entire system 995 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:32,865 that supports rape culture and doesn't believe women 996 00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:35,367 when they say they've been sexually assaulted or raped. 997 00:41:35,409 --> 00:41:39,038 This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. 998 00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:40,873 So many of Bill Cosby's survivors 999 00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:43,667 knew that even with him in prison, 1000 00:41:43,709 --> 00:41:45,753 there was more work to do. 1001 00:41:45,794 --> 00:41:47,213 We filed a report, 1002 00:41:47,254 --> 00:41:49,757 and then it was, like, a couple weeks later, 1003 00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:51,050 she gets a call from a detective 1004 00:41:51,091 --> 00:41:52,384 from the Las Vegas 1005 00:41:52,426 --> 00:41:53,677 Metropolitan Police Department. 1006 00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,262 He says he wants to interview her. 1007 00:41:55,304 --> 00:41:56,931 So she goes in. 1008 00:41:56,972 --> 00:41:58,390 It's like 45 minutes, 1009 00:41:58,432 --> 00:42:01,185 she comes out and she has this look on her face. 1010 00:42:01,227 --> 00:42:05,189 Just kind of this blank look, and I'm like, "So what's up?" 1011 00:42:05,231 --> 00:42:08,692 And she says, "They can't do anything about it 1012 00:42:08,734 --> 00:42:10,778 'cause of the statute of limitations." 1013 00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:12,279 And I said, "What do you mean, 1014 00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:13,697 the statute of limita-- I don't understand. 1015 00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:14,907 Like, I've never heard this before." 1016 00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:18,744 You only have four years to come forward, 1017 00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:21,539 and within those four years, if you don't come forward 1018 00:42:21,580 --> 00:42:25,251 after four years and one day, you don't have a case. 1019 00:42:25,292 --> 00:42:27,419 So-- So now I'm just-- 1020 00:42:27,461 --> 00:42:28,504 Yeah, she's just falling apart. 1021 00:42:28,546 --> 00:42:29,755 It's worse. 1022 00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:31,340 And I walked downstairs 1023 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:32,841 and I'm about to leave for work, 1024 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:35,261 and then I go, "You know what? 1025 00:42:35,302 --> 00:42:37,888 we just gotta change the statute of limitations. 1026 00:42:37,930 --> 00:42:39,848 We just gotta get rid of it." 1027 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:41,225 And she jumped out of bed 1028 00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:43,352 and she gave me the biggest hug. 1029 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:45,396 She was so freaking elated. 1030 00:42:45,437 --> 00:42:50,317 And it did give us purpose. It gave me purpose. 1031 00:42:50,359 --> 00:42:51,986 It was just two human beings, 1032 00:42:52,027 --> 00:42:53,779 a husband and a wife, a man and a woman, 1033 00:42:53,821 --> 00:42:55,406 who knew that something was wrong 1034 00:42:55,447 --> 00:42:56,824 and needed to be changed. 1035 00:42:56,865 --> 00:42:59,118 And that's what we did. We changed it. 1036 00:43:01,787 --> 00:43:05,124 When I called Gloria Allred and said, 1037 00:43:05,165 --> 00:43:08,085 "I'm thinking about joining a handful of others 1038 00:43:08,127 --> 00:43:10,170 in getting the statute of limitations 1039 00:43:10,212 --> 00:43:12,673 abolished in California," 1040 00:43:12,715 --> 00:43:16,760 and she said, "Look, that-- you doing that is impossible. 1041 00:43:16,802 --> 00:43:18,220 You doing that would be like 1042 00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:19,930 if I said I want to learn to play baseball 1043 00:43:19,972 --> 00:43:21,473 and I go out and pitch for the Yankees tonight. 1044 00:43:21,515 --> 00:43:23,142 It's not gonna happen." 1045 00:43:23,183 --> 00:43:26,729 I realized that these women really wanted to speak out, 1046 00:43:26,770 --> 00:43:29,231 and there is no statute of limitations 1047 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:30,983 on the right of free speech. 1048 00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:32,985 That can be exercised any time. 1049 00:43:33,027 --> 00:43:35,154 Hey, hey, ho, ho, 1050 00:43:35,195 --> 00:43:36,780 And if they were willing to do it, 1051 00:43:36,822 --> 00:43:38,824 I would be willing to be supportive of it. 1052 00:43:38,866 --> 00:43:40,993 It was simple as that. 1053 00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:43,996 We worked on it nonstop. 1054 00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:45,998 We lobbied. We'd go to Sacramento. 1055 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,500 I mean, we really made pests of ourselves. 1056 00:43:48,542 --> 00:43:50,502 We worked hard. 1057 00:43:50,544 --> 00:43:51,837 California will become 1058 00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:53,672 one of more than a dozen states 1059 00:43:53,714 --> 00:43:55,841 to eliminate the statute of limitations 1060 00:43:55,883 --> 00:43:57,843 for sexual assault. 1061 00:43:57,885 --> 00:43:59,970 Okay, ready, rolling? Rolling. 1062 00:44:00,012 --> 00:44:01,096 Okay. Yay! 1063 00:44:01,138 --> 00:44:02,806 The women's restroom. 1064 00:44:02,848 --> 00:44:05,100 This is where the revolution begins! 1065 00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:12,816 But somewhere around this time, 1066 00:44:12,858 --> 00:44:15,486 I started thinking about this a lot. 1067 00:44:15,527 --> 00:44:18,614 Bill Cosby had been one of my heroes, 1068 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:21,492 but this-- this was fucked up. 1069 00:44:23,786 --> 00:44:26,538 And difficult conversations is kinda what I do. 1070 00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:29,541 I figured there had to be something I could learn 1071 00:44:29,583 --> 00:44:31,126 from Bill Cosby being in prison 1072 00:44:32,544 --> 00:44:34,213 You guys, yay. 1073 00:44:34,254 --> 00:44:36,006 And just as we started to wrap this film... 1074 00:44:36,048 --> 00:44:37,800 Thank you very much. You're so welcome. 1075 00:44:37,841 --> 00:44:40,052 It was great. You're great. 1076 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:41,970 We have breaking news for you this hour. 1077 00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,348 Bill Cosby is now out of prison. 1078 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:46,725 Oh, my God. 1079 00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:48,727 We just shot an interview and we were waiting 1080 00:44:48,769 --> 00:44:52,856 for Krissy Feden, who is a lawyer 1081 00:44:52,898 --> 00:44:55,901 who was involved in the Bill Cosby case. 1082 00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:58,070 And we were gonna ask a lot of, like, lawyer-- 1083 00:44:58,112 --> 00:45:00,948 expert lawyer questions and--about his case 1084 00:45:00,989 --> 00:45:03,409 and about the fact that the key to his case 1085 00:45:03,450 --> 00:45:04,993 was the unsealing of a deposition 1086 00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:07,496 they weren't supposed to unseal, and is that okay? 1087 00:45:07,538 --> 00:45:08,789 And as we're getting ready for that, 1088 00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:10,457 my friend texts me and says, 1089 00:45:10,499 --> 00:45:12,418 "Your film just got more interesting." 1090 00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:15,129 And then I looked on Twitter, and everywhere I looked, 1091 00:45:15,170 --> 00:45:17,381 Bill Cosby is soon to be free. 1092 00:45:17,423 --> 00:45:19,091 So now we're sitting here and we don't know-- 1093 00:45:19,133 --> 00:45:20,968 and I don't really know what this film is anymore. 1094 00:45:23,053 --> 00:45:25,889 And I'm--we're in Philly. And we're in Philly! 1095 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:27,850 Should we send-- Any camera. 1096 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:29,351 Literally any camera. Even an iPhone will do. 1097 00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:30,310 I agree. I'm just saying, 1098 00:45:30,352 --> 00:45:31,520 do I just take my iPhone? 1099 00:45:31,562 --> 00:45:32,688 Yeah, we should move on this. 1100 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:33,856 Yeah, all right. He's coming out. 1101 00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:35,274 Yes. Yeah. 1102 00:45:35,315 --> 00:45:36,358 Okay. We're moving on it. 1103 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,026 Uh-huh. Thanks. 1104 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:40,154 Be safe out there. 1105 00:45:43,323 --> 00:45:44,908 What a stunning reversal of fortune 1106 00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:46,618 for the comedian who was once known 1107 00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:48,078 as America's dad, 1108 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,289 and this will shock many people today. 1109 00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:52,040 How did this reversal happen? 1110 00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:53,959 I mean, it's a shock to everyone at this point. 1111 00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:55,627 We knew that Cosby was appealing it, 1112 00:45:55,669 --> 00:45:57,087 but there were few people 1113 00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:58,380 who thought this would be successful. 1114 00:45:58,422 --> 00:45:59,631 ...throughout his conviction, 1115 00:45:59,673 --> 00:46:01,467 saying prosecutors violated the deal 1116 00:46:01,508 --> 00:46:03,677 meant to shield Cosby from criminal prosecution. 1117 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,262 We love you, Mr. Cosby! 1118 00:46:05,304 --> 00:46:07,389 We love you! 1119 00:46:07,431 --> 00:46:09,850 Bill Cosby has not been exonerated. 1120 00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:11,435 Nobody has said he is innocent. 1121 00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:13,312 We love you, sir! 1122 00:46:13,353 --> 00:46:17,608 Mr. Cosby has always used his celebrity, his name, 1123 00:46:17,649 --> 00:46:20,277 his likeness to uplift women. 1124 00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:22,362 What we saw today was justice, 1125 00:46:22,404 --> 00:46:25,199 justice for all Americans. 1126 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:28,911 I'm outraged. I'm infuriated. 1127 00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:33,373 How anybody could allow a little legal glitch 1128 00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:37,002 to release a sociopath 1129 00:46:37,044 --> 00:46:39,880 who had no concern... 1130 00:46:39,922 --> 00:46:43,801 I know we're all so angry, we can't even see straight. 1131 00:46:43,842 --> 00:46:46,178 Love you, Bill. 1132 00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:48,972 Love you. I love you! 1133 00:46:50,682 --> 00:46:52,601 That was a Kodak moment. 1134 00:46:58,398 --> 00:46:59,691 I'm going to, in the words 1135 00:46:59,733 --> 00:47:01,193 of brother Malcolm, make it plain. 1136 00:47:01,235 --> 00:47:04,071 The prosecutor in Montgomery County 1137 00:47:04,112 --> 00:47:06,073 told Bill Cosby, 1138 00:47:06,114 --> 00:47:09,451 "Hey, we're going to protect your rights 1139 00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:11,537 against self-incrimination. 1140 00:47:11,578 --> 00:47:13,914 We are going to, in effect, 1141 00:47:13,956 --> 00:47:16,834 give you immunity so you can say 1142 00:47:16,875 --> 00:47:20,796 anything you want about anything you did, 1143 00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:23,674 and I'm telling you, Mr. Cosby, 1144 00:47:23,715 --> 00:47:27,594 that nothing you say at these depositions 1145 00:47:27,636 --> 00:47:29,429 will be used against you. 1146 00:47:29,471 --> 00:47:31,139 In fact, you don't have to worry 1147 00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:32,474 about it being used against you 1148 00:47:32,516 --> 00:47:34,101 because we're never going to prosecute you. 1149 00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:36,270 But if we do prosecute you, 1150 00:47:36,311 --> 00:47:38,188 we're not going to use what you said." 1151 00:47:38,230 --> 00:47:40,357 So Bill Cosby said what he said. 1152 00:47:40,399 --> 00:47:42,609 A new DA comes in and says, 1153 00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:44,444 "Forget what the other DA said. 1154 00:47:44,486 --> 00:47:45,863 We changed our mind." 1155 00:47:45,904 --> 00:47:48,532 You can't do that. You just can't do that. 1156 00:47:48,574 --> 00:47:50,868 And that's why I said to you, Kamau, 1157 00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:52,411 and everybody else who asked me, 1158 00:47:52,452 --> 00:47:54,872 it was a good decision 1159 00:47:54,913 --> 00:47:57,416 by the Supreme Court for a bad man. 1160 00:47:57,457 --> 00:47:59,167 I thought, "Oh, this man's gonna be in prison 1161 00:47:59,209 --> 00:48:00,669 for ten years. He's gonna to die." 1162 00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:02,838 And all of a sudden, my phone just explodes, right, 1163 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:07,050 with a plethora of texts and phone calls and emails. 1164 00:48:07,092 --> 00:48:08,886 And they're like, "Did you hear the news?" 1165 00:48:08,927 --> 00:48:10,220 And at first, I'm thinking, "Oh, did he die?" 1166 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:11,805 They're like, "He's-- 1167 00:48:11,847 --> 00:48:16,018 the Supreme Court approved his appeal. 1168 00:48:16,059 --> 00:48:17,728 It's been overturned. He's not--he's free. 1169 00:48:17,769 --> 00:48:19,438 He's going home." 1170 00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:21,315 And I just start sobbing. 1171 00:48:21,356 --> 00:48:24,276 melancholy music 1172 00:48:24,318 --> 00:48:29,281 1173 00:48:34,494 --> 00:48:37,456 That was like getting coldcocked. 1174 00:48:39,041 --> 00:48:41,335 Didn't see it coming. 1175 00:48:41,376 --> 00:48:42,794 There's something deeply wrong, 1176 00:48:42,836 --> 00:48:44,671 and we don't have reform 1177 00:48:44,713 --> 00:48:47,257 for sexual predators in our country. 1178 00:48:47,299 --> 00:48:50,052 We just put him in jail, and when he comes out, 1179 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:52,346 he's still-- he hasn't had any help. 1180 00:48:54,556 --> 00:48:56,975 Sad, you know. Yeah. 1181 00:48:57,017 --> 00:48:58,936 I don't personally believe 1182 00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:01,855 that prison is much of a solution. 1183 00:49:01,897 --> 00:49:05,275 It hasn't stopped crime. It hasn't stopped rape. 1184 00:49:05,317 --> 00:49:08,862 I don't think that prisons and police are our savior. 1185 00:49:08,904 --> 00:49:11,114 I don't think that they make the world safer. 1186 00:49:11,156 --> 00:49:13,867 And so when I think about 1187 00:49:13,909 --> 00:49:16,119 an elderly Bill Cosby being in jail, 1188 00:49:16,161 --> 00:49:18,205 that doesn't look like justice to me. 1189 00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:21,375 Justice looks like those scores of women 1190 00:49:21,416 --> 00:49:23,794 not being raped and not being drugged, 1191 00:49:23,835 --> 00:49:25,754 not being preyed upon, 1192 00:49:25,796 --> 00:49:28,840 not experiencing all kinds of trauma memories 1193 00:49:28,882 --> 00:49:32,302 that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. 1194 00:49:32,344 --> 00:49:34,680 And I felt really sorry for the women. 1195 00:49:36,348 --> 00:49:39,434 Every woman who, again, 1196 00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:43,146 got dragged to filth for speaking the truth 1197 00:49:43,188 --> 00:49:46,733 after saying nothing for decades. 1198 00:49:46,775 --> 00:49:50,404 And finally having the fortitude to do that 1199 00:49:50,445 --> 00:49:53,907 and being lambasted for it. 1200 00:49:55,742 --> 00:49:57,244 That's who I feel sorry for. 1201 00:49:57,285 --> 00:49:58,537 I don't feel sorry for Bill Cosby. 1202 00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:01,039 All of his troubles were on him. 1203 00:50:01,081 --> 00:50:02,582 He created all of it. 1204 00:50:05,711 --> 00:50:07,504 Drink some water. I do not like that man. 1205 00:50:10,257 --> 00:50:13,343 Immediately after Cosby was released, 1206 00:50:13,385 --> 00:50:15,887 that kind of churning happened again. 1207 00:50:15,929 --> 00:50:19,141 Like, you felt that the folks who never really understood 1208 00:50:19,182 --> 00:50:21,143 what this thing was about to begin with 1209 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:23,562 now feel like they have a case to make. 1210 00:50:23,603 --> 00:50:25,397 It was stunning how many people were 1211 00:50:25,439 --> 00:50:27,733 defending Bill Cosby. 1212 00:50:27,774 --> 00:50:31,987 And it's not something that we can defend. 1213 00:50:32,029 --> 00:50:33,363 You have to ask the question, 1214 00:50:33,405 --> 00:50:35,532 what investment do we have as a culture, 1215 00:50:35,574 --> 00:50:37,909 what investment do we have as men, 1216 00:50:37,951 --> 00:50:39,786 in Bill Cosby being innocent? 1217 00:50:41,455 --> 00:50:43,206 He is seen as America's dad, 1218 00:50:43,248 --> 00:50:45,751 but also, like, America has a rape problem. 1219 00:50:45,792 --> 00:50:47,878 Like, America's dads have a rape problem. 1220 00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:51,298 It's not just one wicked man. 1221 00:50:51,339 --> 00:50:52,716 It's patriarchy. 1222 00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:56,636 It's not just Bill Cosby, it's misogyny. 1223 00:50:56,678 --> 00:50:59,306 It's hatred towards women. 1224 00:50:59,347 --> 00:51:01,308 It's generations of this. 1225 00:51:01,349 --> 00:51:03,351 Can I have some of the queen's waters? 1226 00:51:03,393 --> 00:51:04,561 Precious waters. 1227 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:08,065 Thank you. 1228 00:51:08,106 --> 00:51:10,567 Where's that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me? 1229 00:51:13,820 --> 00:51:16,281 Whoa. Okay. 1230 00:51:16,323 --> 00:51:17,616 Good morning. Nice to see you. 1231 00:51:17,657 --> 00:51:19,451 Morning, Matt. Seen a lot of you lately. 1232 00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:20,702 Let's just get it out of the way. 1233 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:22,537 You had a little wardrobe malfunction. 1234 00:51:22,579 --> 00:51:23,955 Mm. 1235 00:51:23,997 --> 00:51:26,792 Charlie, don't you like a girl in wings? 1236 00:51:26,833 --> 00:51:28,627 I need to get me some wings. No, I-- 1237 00:51:28,668 --> 00:51:29,920 I like a girl in Victoria's Secret. 1238 00:51:29,961 --> 00:51:31,254 Okay. 1239 00:51:31,296 --> 00:51:33,215 But I enjoyed seeing you as a bunny. 1240 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:34,758 Thank you. I did. 1241 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,468 We will not eliminate rape culture 1242 00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:38,804 until we change the culture, 1243 00:51:38,845 --> 00:51:41,306 foundationally, institutionally, 1244 00:51:41,348 --> 00:51:43,975 in every possible way. 1245 00:51:44,017 --> 00:51:45,477 How about a little hug for the Donald? He just-- 1246 00:51:45,519 --> 00:51:46,978 What I would say to all those people, 1247 00:51:47,020 --> 00:51:49,606 some of whom still have a lot of money 1248 00:51:49,648 --> 00:51:52,609 that they made from Bill Cosby projects, 1249 00:51:52,651 --> 00:51:54,319 still have a lot of influence, 1250 00:51:54,361 --> 00:51:58,156 if you are one of those now saying "I didn't know," 1251 00:51:58,198 --> 00:52:00,826 you know now. 1252 00:52:00,867 --> 00:52:03,787 What are you doing now to provide 1253 00:52:03,829 --> 00:52:07,791 systems of transparency and reliable accountability 1254 00:52:07,833 --> 00:52:09,417 and change? 1255 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:11,378 We're at the beginning of those conversations. 1256 00:52:11,419 --> 00:52:12,879 We didn't fix anything. 1257 00:52:12,921 --> 00:52:14,881 In Hollywood and all across North America, 1258 00:52:14,923 --> 00:52:16,299 there's a chain of old theaters 1259 00:52:16,341 --> 00:52:17,843 called the Pantages. 1260 00:52:17,884 --> 00:52:19,511 Pantages Theaters. 1261 00:52:19,553 --> 00:52:22,139 Alexander Pantages was on the front page 1262 00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:26,184 of every newspaper in 1929 for the biggest rape scandal 1263 00:52:26,226 --> 00:52:27,853 in showbiz history up to that point. 1264 00:52:27,894 --> 00:52:30,313 He was charged with statutory rape, 1265 00:52:30,355 --> 00:52:33,191 first degree rape, on and on and on and on. 1266 00:52:33,233 --> 00:52:35,527 To this day, there's theaters all over the place 1267 00:52:35,569 --> 00:52:37,195 called the Pantages. 1268 00:52:37,237 --> 00:52:39,531 Nobody even thinks about it. 1269 00:52:39,573 --> 00:52:43,702 People will forget about the worst crimes in history. 1270 00:52:43,743 --> 00:52:46,997 Kamau, I honestly think 1271 00:52:47,038 --> 00:52:50,041 that the worst part 1272 00:52:50,083 --> 00:52:52,419 about Cosby 1273 00:52:52,460 --> 00:52:55,380 being released this way 1274 00:52:55,422 --> 00:52:58,049 is the impact, 1275 00:52:58,091 --> 00:53:02,053 the potential impact it has on survivors 1276 00:53:02,095 --> 00:53:05,432 coming forward tomorrow. 1277 00:53:05,473 --> 00:53:09,019 At the end of the day, the messaging, 1278 00:53:09,060 --> 00:53:12,647 what people understand and what they take from this 1279 00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:15,942 is that it's not safe. 1280 00:53:15,984 --> 00:53:19,279 I shouldn't tell. Nothing will happen. 1281 00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:21,823 And if it does, it probably won't stick. 1282 00:53:21,865 --> 00:53:24,242 It's a horrible, horrible, horrible message 1283 00:53:24,284 --> 00:53:27,746 to send to women. 1284 00:53:27,787 --> 00:53:29,664 And just look at this. 1285 00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:32,000 This represents the more than 60 women 1286 00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:33,752 that we know about 1287 00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:38,381 who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault or rape. 1288 00:53:38,423 --> 00:53:40,258 And while I worked on this series, 1289 00:53:40,300 --> 00:53:42,761 I heard about others who didn't come forward 1290 00:53:42,802 --> 00:53:44,429 because they didn't want to go through 1291 00:53:44,471 --> 00:53:47,766 what these women went through and still go through. 1292 00:53:47,807 --> 00:53:50,769 somber music 1293 00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:54,439 1294 00:53:54,481 --> 00:53:56,066 Who was the comedian for you? 1295 00:53:56,107 --> 00:53:57,901 Well, the comedian was Bill Cosby. 1296 00:53:57,943 --> 00:53:59,319 Of course. 1297 00:53:59,361 --> 00:54:01,446 Those albums-- I had never heard-- 1298 00:54:01,488 --> 00:54:03,823 "Very Funny Fellow... Right!" "Wonderfulness." 1299 00:54:03,865 --> 00:54:05,116 "Why Is There Air?" Uh-huh. 1300 00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:08,787 Greatest... 1301 00:54:08,828 --> 00:54:10,455 what's the word-- body of work... 1302 00:54:10,497 --> 00:54:11,915 Mm-hmm. 1303 00:54:11,957 --> 00:54:13,708 ...I think in comedy is his. 1304 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:15,543 Can you still listen to his comedy? 1305 00:54:15,585 --> 00:54:17,170 Oh, yeah. I can't listen to it now. 1306 00:54:17,212 --> 00:54:18,380 No. Oh, you can't? 1307 00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:19,673 I just can't separate it. 1308 00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:21,466 You can't separate it? I can't. 1309 00:54:23,134 --> 00:54:25,345 Hmm. 1310 00:54:25,387 --> 00:54:26,763 In the last few years, 1311 00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,765 we have asked ourselves these questions 1312 00:54:28,807 --> 00:54:31,059 over and over again. 1313 00:54:31,101 --> 00:54:33,645 Can you separate the art from the artist? 1314 00:54:33,687 --> 00:54:35,438 And should you? 1315 00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:38,149 What happens when the artist you idolized 1316 00:54:38,191 --> 00:54:40,986 isn't the human being you thought they were? 1317 00:54:42,779 --> 00:54:45,824 And what if that person's artistic achievement, 1318 00:54:45,865 --> 00:54:49,286 living example, and good works 1319 00:54:49,327 --> 00:54:52,872 were so great that they changed the world? 1320 00:54:54,332 --> 00:54:56,418 What then? 1321 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,003 That's the Bill Cosby question. 1322 00:55:01,464 --> 00:55:05,385 The legacy of Bill Cosby, you know, for me 1323 00:55:05,427 --> 00:55:10,140 is somebody who was a tremendous entertainer, 1324 00:55:10,181 --> 00:55:13,351 someone who made, for a period time, 1325 00:55:13,393 --> 00:55:15,895 a lot of Black kids and Black families 1326 00:55:15,937 --> 00:55:18,148 and Black people feel much better about themselves 1327 00:55:18,189 --> 00:55:20,025 than they were used to feeling, 1328 00:55:20,066 --> 00:55:22,444 who was amazingly gifted in that area. 1329 00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:24,779 But also a shitty-ass person. 1330 00:55:24,821 --> 00:55:29,326 1331 00:55:29,367 --> 00:55:33,204 Bill Cosby is a master at his craft. 1332 00:55:33,246 --> 00:55:36,708 Whether it be acting, comedy, 1333 00:55:36,750 --> 00:55:39,878 or raping, 1334 00:55:39,919 --> 00:55:41,880 he is a master at it. 1335 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:48,887 Rapist. 1336 00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:51,765 He's a rapist who had a really big TV show once. 1337 00:55:54,434 --> 00:55:57,729 I don't--I can't think of Bill Cosby any other way. 1338 00:55:57,771 --> 00:56:00,148 I love Mr. Cosby. 1339 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:02,108 I'm always going to love Mr. Cosby, 1340 00:56:02,150 --> 00:56:03,526 irrespective of the circumstances 1341 00:56:03,568 --> 00:56:05,487 surrounding his life. 1342 00:56:05,528 --> 00:56:07,489 The love will be there, 1343 00:56:07,530 --> 00:56:11,534 and I'm not gonna budge from that, you know? 1344 00:56:11,576 --> 00:56:14,871 I'm not the kind of person that will walk away 1345 00:56:14,913 --> 00:56:18,166 from someone, no matter what the circumstances. 1346 00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,418 The last thing he said to me on the phone was, 1347 00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:22,420 "Nobody's perfect." 1348 00:56:22,462 --> 00:56:24,798 And I think that's ironic. 1349 00:56:24,839 --> 00:56:28,468 You cannot truthfully speak 1350 00:56:28,510 --> 00:56:31,179 about Black America 1351 00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:34,974 in the second half of the 20th century 1352 00:56:35,016 --> 00:56:37,227 and not talk about 1353 00:56:37,268 --> 00:56:40,855 the influence of Bill Cosby. 1354 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:43,775 soft jazz music 1355 00:56:43,817 --> 00:56:48,446 1356 00:56:48,488 --> 00:56:49,948 Hey, hey, hey. 1357 00:56:49,989 --> 00:56:51,950 Really? Good. 1358 00:56:51,991 --> 00:56:53,910 I just love you so much. 1359 00:56:53,952 --> 00:56:56,246 Why did you do it? I don't know. 1360 00:56:59,332 --> 00:57:04,295 1361 00:57:04,337 --> 00:57:05,463 This is probably one of 1362 00:57:05,505 --> 00:57:06,631 the biggest disappointments 1363 00:57:06,673 --> 00:57:08,007 in American history, 'cause I thought 1364 00:57:08,049 --> 00:57:10,552 he was gonna close his chapter like, "Yeah. 1365 00:57:10,593 --> 00:57:12,762 Uh. The greatest comic ever. 1366 00:57:12,804 --> 00:57:14,097 Look what I did for our people. 1367 00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:16,850 Look what I did for America. Yes!" 1368 00:57:16,891 --> 00:57:19,102 But man, the ending is a torn page. 1369 00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:22,230 Maybe we should never have invested in him 1370 00:57:22,272 --> 00:57:24,065 in that way in the first place. 1371 00:57:24,107 --> 00:57:25,567 You can say that in retrospect. 1372 00:57:25,608 --> 00:57:27,527 It's almost impossible to think that we wouldn't, 1373 00:57:27,569 --> 00:57:29,195 given the circumstances 1374 00:57:29,237 --> 00:57:31,406 and given the context that he emerged in, 1375 00:57:31,448 --> 00:57:35,660 given how sorely we needed heroes, 1376 00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:38,872 how desperately we were invested in the idea 1377 00:57:38,913 --> 00:57:41,166 that we knew we were more human 1378 00:57:41,207 --> 00:57:43,209 than the depictions of us had yielded. 1379 00:57:45,211 --> 00:57:48,256 There's still that yearning 1380 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:50,508 for us to be seen 1381 00:57:50,550 --> 00:57:52,343 in a way that redeems us. 1382 00:57:52,385 --> 00:57:57,140 Bill Cosby is... 1383 00:57:57,182 --> 00:57:59,976 a catalyst 1384 00:58:00,018 --> 00:58:03,396 for understanding 1385 00:58:03,438 --> 00:58:05,690 the American experiment. 1386 00:58:08,651 --> 00:58:10,487 This is hard. 1387 00:58:10,528 --> 00:58:12,447 Honestly, there were times when I was making this 1388 00:58:12,489 --> 00:58:14,949 that I wanted to quit. 1389 00:58:14,991 --> 00:58:18,077 I wanted to hold on to my memories of Bill Cosby 1390 00:58:18,119 --> 00:58:19,996 before I knew about Bill Cosby. 1391 00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,541 And I guess I can, as long as I admit, 1392 00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:25,084 and as long as we all admit, 1393 00:58:25,126 --> 00:58:28,588 that there's just a Bill Cosby we didn't know. 1394 00:58:28,630 --> 00:58:30,048 I was the best knot-tier in-- 1395 00:58:30,089 --> 00:58:31,382 And if we really learned the lessons 1396 00:58:31,424 --> 00:58:34,052 that this Bill Cosby was trying to teach us, 1397 00:58:34,093 --> 00:58:37,597 to be smart and moral and not just to be good 1398 00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:40,475 but also to do good, 1399 00:58:40,517 --> 00:58:42,143 then we can all help create a world 1400 00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:44,145 that makes this Bill Cosby 1401 00:58:44,187 --> 00:58:46,231 and others like him less possible. 1402 00:58:58,409 --> 00:58:59,661 Yes. Yes. 1403 00:58:59,702 --> 00:59:01,120 Of course, yeah. 1404 00:59:01,162 --> 00:59:02,330 Yeah. Regrettably. 1405 00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:03,623 I knew a girl who just said, 1406 00:59:03,665 --> 00:59:05,416 "Yeah, he was a friend of family. 1407 00:59:05,458 --> 00:59:08,002 He just took it." Just took--just-- 1408 00:59:08,044 --> 00:59:09,504 In my family, yeah. 1409 00:59:09,546 --> 00:59:11,172 The question is often, like, 1410 00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:13,341 "Have you ever experienced rape?" 1411 00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:15,677 But is the question ever asked, 1412 00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:17,095 like, "Hey, have you ever raped somebody? 109984

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