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Bill Cosby Medal Of Freedom Analysis

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Some people are requesting the US government to revoke Bill Cosby's Medal of Freedom, after more details have emerged in the rape allegations against the comedian. On Wednesday (July 15th), President Obama addressed those seeking the revocation of Cosby's medal. "There's no precedent for revoking a medal. We don't have that mechanism," the President answered. While most people may have expected President Obama to end his statement with that answer, he instead commented on what he defines as rape. "If you give a woman or a man, for that matter, without his or her knowledge, a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape. This country, and civilized country, should have no tolerance for rape," President Obama stated. Even though Cosby continues to deny the rape allegations, an old deposition has surfaced and it now appears the rape accusations made by countless women are true. During the deposition, Cosby admitted he had prescriptions for quaaludes (a sedative), and he testified under oath that he gave a woman the sedative. Cosby was then asked if he was going to use the quaaludes for women he wanted to …show more content…

Some of the victims include supermodel Janice Dickinson, supermodel Beverly Johnson, former Playboy Playmate Victoria Valentino, Carla Ferrigno (wife of The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, and Lilli Bernard. The majority of women have the same account of how Cosby assaulted them. Some of the women first met Cosby when they appeared on The Cosby Show. The victims claim the comedian offered to mentor them, and in several cases he would have the women meet him at his home. Once he was able to get the women alone with him, he offered them a cappuccino (the sedative was placed in the cappuccino without the women's consent), and most of the women woke up in bed without any memory of what

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