2 chapters across the catalog
The release of Bill Cosby is contrasted with the ramping up of the R. Kelly trial, noting the media's focus on predatory tropes. Gloria Allred discusses a pending civil case in California involving Judy Huth and an alleged incident at the Playboy Mansion. Because Cosby can no longer be tried criminally for these specific acts, Allred explains he can no longer invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying in upcoming civil depositions.
Legal analyst Elie Honig and anchor Alisyn Camerota discuss the 2005 deposition where Bill Cosby admitted to obtaining Quaaludes. The hosts deconstruct the media's framing of this admission, arguing that the press "sandwiched" facts to make it appear Cosby confessed to drugging women without their knowledge. They clarify that Cosby's actual testimony described Quaaludes as a party drug used similarly to alcohol, rather than a "knockout" drug as portrayed in the news.
