TKC MUST READ!!! CRAIG GLAZER CONSIDERS THE MISTRIAL OF BILL COSBY!!!

Right now Craig Glazer provides an important and informed perspective on a landmark case in the world of comedy and American culture.

Here's the word from the foremost Kansas City comedy club impresario regarding the ongoing controversy:

Craig Glazer: Bill Cosby May Go Free Til The End Of His Days

Say it ain't so Bill! As we all know dozens of women have come forward and said that Super Star entertainer Bill Cosby sexually molested them without their consent. All the women claim he drugged them before they had sex with Cosby. The odd thing is that none came forward when the incidents happened years ago. Some even continued relationships with Cosby after they later claimed he rapped them. All this led to a criminal trial that lasted just three days and ended with a hung jury. The jury was out nearly a week, longer than the trial itself.

Judge Steven Oneill kept pressing for a verdict from the jurors. In fact the jurors now say early on they were almost all voting 'not guilty.' The victim, Andrea Constand says Bill Cosby drugged her and had sex with her back in 2004. In fact the case was so old it was nearly dropped due to the timeline but the district attorney got the case to court just under the gun.

In the end the jury voted 10-2 for conviction on 2 counts. However 2 jurors said they would not ever change their vote to guilty. So on day six the case was dropped and Bill is a free man as of today. The D.A. says he will refile the case within four months. Question is will he? Remember all but her case are too old to be go to trial today. Meaning without other women testifying against the Cos, there may never be another trial. In this trial the court ruled they couldn't testify. Why, too long ago, no physical evidence, no DNA, its a he said she said case.The big question is why did they all wait for decades to come forward. Some women got paid in civil suits or out of court settlements to go away.

According to Jimmie Walker, who is good friends with Cosby and worked with him on several movies and opened for him at many shows in Vegas: " I love the guy, however clearly he did some things he shouldn't have done. There are just too many women saying so, yet why the long wait. Many just wanted a payday. Bill Cosby is worth several hundred million dollars. I knew Bill loved the ladies back in the day and they loved him. Remember he was a huge star, very handsome as a younger man, a mega star in film and television. Cosby had no trouble getting ladies, they lined up for him. I was upset with him back in the day due his wife being a fine lady and having to put up with it all. What I hate is he is 80, one of America's all time comedy stars and now we never see his shows or anything else on the tube ever again."

Whats right in this case? Tough call. Clearly Cosby took advantage of some women. Some were agreed and some likely were not. Problem: Its so old and he is an icon. Hell I used to sit at the boy scout campfires as a kid while hundreds of us listened to his comedy albums. We thought of him as a modern day Bob Hope. Nobody was a bigger name in entertainment than Cosby. He is now 80, his health fading, likely near the end of his days. Maybe its best to let him end his days the way things are, with people looking at him with disgust and hurt that a man they saw as everyone's dad did such stupid acts for really no reason. Seems he was a sick guy. My guess is it may all be over now. If they can't get testimony from other women in, its uphill and may never be tried again. Again the entire thing makes all of us question even the most cherished names in not only entertainment but life itself. So sad.
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