Bill Cosby Guilty!

[Huggy Bear]

Cosby juror on news today cited Cosby's sworn deposition where he admitted to drugging as what sunk his case.

Cosby's own fucking lawyer fucked him.

Should be a lesson to everyone.

You mean the deposition that was supposed to be sealed?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/...e-to-light

The simple answer is that after accusations of sexual assault re-emerged against Cosby, the Associated Press asked the court to unseal the documents and the court agreed.

Legally it's more interesting. U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno issued a 25-page memo outlining his reasoning. Here's how he explains it:

— The court's rules state that unless there is an objection, documents filed in the court will be unsealed automatically two years after the conclusion of litigation.

— When the AP filed a request to have the documents unsealed, Cosby's attorneys objected, saying it would violate Cosby's right to privacy by making public, among other things, "intimate knowledge about his sex life." Cosby's lawyer also argued that the release would embarrass Cosby and would violate the confidentiality agreement signed by the two parties.

— Robreno dismissed all those arguments.

— Perhaps the most intriguing part is that Robreno concluded that Cosby should be thought of more as a public servant. Previous courts have held that public servants, or politicians, give up some of the privacy protections afforded to regular citizens or even public figures.

So in order to unseal the deposition the Judge had to perform some serious mental gymnastics in order to portray Cosby as a public servant.