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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 473 - The truth on how Bill Cosby got free

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Rightfully so, I see a lot of anger and frustration on this case from every group you can imagine. But that anger is causing a lot of people to say things about why Bill Cosby got free that simply aren't true. Let me try to unpack and explain it all.

Transcript

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All right, y'all, let's try to talk about Bill Cosby.

0:04.6

I see a hundred bad takes about it across the internet,

0:10.4

and I hate to both sides the issue,

0:13.3

but I see bad takes all around that really aren't rooted in fact.

0:19.6

And I want to give you what I think is the truth as I know it,

0:24.2

I've read the Supreme Court ruling that actually freed him from prison

0:28.5

yesterday, Bill Cosby is free.

0:32.2

It doesn't say what a lot of people says that it says,

0:35.5

and I see a lot of people who are rightfully angry,

0:41.0

also saying that he bought his way out of prison

0:44.4

or was freed on a technicality,

0:47.6

and neither of those things are true either.

0:49.6

Let me unpack and explain it,

0:52.0

and let me also tell you why it matters on a podcast

0:54.9

where we mainly talk a lot about justice.

0:57.8

This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

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