It's kind of crazy that Autumn Jackson, who threatened to tell the press that Bill Cosby had raped her mother to conceive her, wound up getting 26 months in federal prison.
Just a little less than he did.
Just a little less than he did.
Oh I missed this but apparently her conviction was also reversed. The jury was never told that her request for money had to be wrongful to be criminal, only that it had to accompany a threat to his reputation.
law.justia.com/cases/federal/…
law.justia.com/cases/federal/…
I wonder, in hindsight, whether those prosecutors feel they prosecuted the right person for the right reason.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
For the record, I'm not saying that Cosby's conviction should not have been reversed. It absolutely should have been.
But I am saying that it's interesting how, at the height of his powers, the government went out of its way to shut down threats to his reputation.
But I am saying that it's interesting how, at the height of his powers, the government went out of its way to shut down threats to his reputation.
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