Whoopi Goldberg No Longer Supports Bill Cosby, Says Rape Allegations "Kinda Point To Guilt"
Posted on Wed Jul 15th, 2015 6:30am PDT By X17 Staff
Whoopi Goldberg had previously shown her support for Bill Cosby amid allegations that he drugged and raped a number of women, but now she's singing a different tune.
On yesterday's episode of The View, Goldberg brought on ABC’s Chief Legal Affairs anchor, Dan Abrams, and after gaining a better understanding of the statutes of limitation laws and their relevance to the claims made against Cosby, she stated that she could no longer stand behind the disgraced comedian.
"Fifty women allege he sexually assaulted them and drugged them and, basically, as a serial rapist why is he still on the street?" Goldberg asked Abrams. "He's never been arrested or put in jail. How is that possible?" Goldberg didn't understand that Cosby couldn't be taken to court because of the time frame of the accusations, and but after Abrams broke it down for her, she was floored.
“If people don’t know that there’s no way for him to go to jail at this point … you got a serial rapist, he’s been on the street for 30 years,†Goldberg continued. “I have to say, I thought that, ‘Yeah, here’s all the information, take his ass to jail!’ I find out from you that that’s not possible, so I can’t say anymore, ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ Can’t say that anymore.â€
She concluded, “What we’ve learned here is there’s no recourse for these women except what they’re doing. If this is to be tried in the court of public opinion, I gotta say, all of the information that’s out there kinda points to guilt ... It looks bad, Bill. Either speak up or shut up, because people know now that there’s a lot more out there than they thought.â€
Watch the full clip above to see the entire discussion between Abrams and Goldberg.