Bill Cosby: 50 women, but no slam dunk for prosecutors

78-year-old comedian Bill Cosby, will have an uphill battle, as he was ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case brought against him last December.

The alleged victim is Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, has come forward and accused the former Jell-O spokesperson of drugging and assaulting her at his Pennsylvania home in 2004.

This isn’t the first woman that has come forth alleging Cosby of these similar claims. As much as 50 other women came forward and told their stories to whomever would listen. Cosby’s legal team, has continually denied all these accusations against him, and claim that Constand had consensual sexual relations with their client. The only drug that was provided to the accuser was Benadryl. 

This is going to be a high profile case, that will not be easy for both sides to fight. Cosby’s fate is in the jury’s hands, as they will hear both parties argue their case and hear evidence. This won’t be a slam dunk for the prosecution, even though they might think so, because of the many alleged victims that could come forth to testify. The problem with that is, the judge can allow it or not in this trial.

Cosby’s legal team believes cold-heartedly he will be vindicated. Are the odds against Cosby in this trial; yes, because if these 50 women all get to testify, which I doubt they all will, Cosby will have a difficult time defending himself. 

The problem that I’m having with all of these alleged victims, is that they took so long to come forward and speak out. With Constand, she first went to police in 2005, a year after the alleged assault took place. I’m definitely not defending Cosby in any way possible, as I believe that he has a lot of blame in this matter. A money grab seems to be the motivation for many of these alleged victims. 

The comedian was deposed in connection to the incident, and he admitted in a testimony, that in the past he had given Quaaludes to a woman with whom he wanted to have sexual relations with. The prosecution will definitely look to use that deposition in court against Cosby.

The struggle that the jury will have is, did Cosby rape these women or was it consent. That’s the million-dollar question. As viewers, I think we came to our own conclusion on what Cosby has done. Many believe that he drugged these women, but at age 78, do we really want to see him behind bars? I think the answer is no.