‘He’s a serial rapist’
In an appearance with Don Lemon on CNN, Tarshis adds more details about her attempt to get Cosby to stop raping her by saying she had an infection.
I thought I was very clever in saying that, but he was more clever. And instead he made me have oral sex with him, which really was horrible. To me it was much much worse than if he had just raped me the normal way.
She also describes Cosby as a “serial rapist”.
He’s a serial rapist actually. When you rape at least 15 women then that’s a serial rapist in my opinion.
Gives rape details
Tarshis gives details of two situations where she alleges she was drugged and raped by Cosby to Philadelphia magazine. The first in 1969 (when she was 19) at Cosby’s dressing house, on the set of The Bill Cosby Show.
We went up to his cottage after they were done shooting. That’s when it happened. He offered me a drink. It was a red eye, a bloody mary topped off with beer. He always made the drinks; he didn’t have a bartender. And then next thing I know, I was being undressed on his couch. I was so out of it. But I remember saying to him — I thought I would outsmart him — I said, I have an infection down there, and if you have sex with me, you’re going to get it, and then your wife will know. So what did he do? He immediately switched to another orifice, which was worse.
Interviewer: So you were aware of what was happening the entire time?
Yes. He was holding me down. He’s much bigger than I am. He’s very big. I couldn’t resist. He was forceful. He definitely used force. There was nothing I could do except wait for it to be over. I was in shock.
Later, at the Westbury Music Theater in Long Island.
He picked me up in a limo. During the ride, I had something to drink in the car. I don’t remember what it was. I started to feel very woozy. Stoned.
I walked into the theater with him and the chauffeur, and we didn’t have any seats, so we were just standing backstage, and Cosby went into the dressing room. And after a while, I couldn’t stand up, I was so drugged. I asked the chauffeur to bring me back to the car. And I don’t remember anything else that happened until I woke up in the bed the following morning. Naked.
Tarshis says she did not report the incidents at the time because she did not want to upset her parents, and did not want to fight against powerful lawyers:
What could I say? I was 19 years old. I felt, He’s Bill Cosby. He’ll lawyer himself up. I don’t have a lawyer. It’s going to be he said, she said, and they’ll look at me like I’m crazy. Keep in mind that if I had come forward back then, I would have been the first one that would have said this. And God knows what his lawyers would do to me. My reputation would have been ruined. They would have said that I was there to seduce him. They would have turned the story around. And part of me was saying, hey, this guy knows a lot of big guys. Maybe they would find my body in a canyon in L.A. He became a scary guy to me.
Skeptical of rape accuser
Goldberg expresses her thoughts regarding Cosby’s rape allegations, past settlements and the 13 rape victims.
Quite honestly I am sorry having been on both sides of this where people allege that you do something doesn’t matter now. I have a lot of questions for the lady, maybe she will come on.
Discusses Kardashian, West Vogue cover
Wintour discusses her decision to put Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover of Vogue during a talk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I think if we just remain deeply tasteful and just put deeply tasteful people on the cover it would be a rather boring magazine. Nobody would talk about us. It’s very important that people do talk about us.
TMZ live interview
Talk show host, Dr. Phil reveals that June is deceiving the media regarding her relationship with sex offender, McDaniel.
I told her I did not believe what she had to say. I told her strait up it’s the cover-up not the crime that always creates the problem.
Alleges rape by Cosby
Cosby is accused of rape in an essay written by Joan Tarshis. In the essay, published in Hollywood Elsewhere, Tarshis alleges that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1969.
I had heard and/or strongly suspected I was not the only white girl he had drugged and raped but I never had any proof. No one began talking until 2004. And though I knew I should say something, I still felt ashamed. Ashamed that I didn’t earlier. In any event now, as more and more of his rape victims have come forward, all telling similar stories, the time is right to join them.
Responds to biopic
Executive producer, Williams responds to fans reactions regarding Lifetime’s Aaliyah: Princess of R&B biopic. People are talking about the movie and the ratings are a huge success.
I see my Aaliyah movie broke the Internet this weekend! Errbody got an opinion. Well, I must tell you, whether you loved or hate, you watched. It was the second-highest rated movie on all of cable this year so far.
GQ cover
Pratt is featured on the cover of GQ as one of it’s Men of the Year. Pratt says he would like to become a director in an interview with the magazine.
I’m always biting my tongue. When I’m on set, I kind of wish I could just tell everybody what to do. If I could tell everybody what to do, it would be great, and it would be done faster. And so that’s what I’m working toward. I want control. I want control over something. I have to get better at writing, because the stuff that I have written, no one bought. Maybe they’ll buy it now, because they can put my name on it, but I’d be in a bad movie that I wrote. So I just want to make sure that I stay working hard. I think I will. I hope I will.
People cover
McConaughey appears on the cover of People magazine’s November 17 issue. He writes about the ten moments that changed his life as a guest writer for the magazine. On the loss of his father, Jim:
A boy loses his father, he quickly becomes a man. I was 22. I remember clearly the sobriety I felt in the pain of my father passing. The sorrow refined me, and I never looked at the world the same again.
Lawyer releases statement
Cosby’s lawyer, John P. Schmitt, releases a statement on Cosby’s website regarding the sexual assault allegations that have been leveled against Cosby.
Over the last several weeks, decade-old, discredited allegations against Mr. Cosby have resurfaced. The fact that they are being repeated does not make them true. Mr. Cosby does not intend to dignify these allegations with any comment. He would like to thank all his fans for the outpouring of support and assure them that, at age 77, he is doing his best work. There will be no further statement from Mr. Cosby or any of his representatives.
AP interview
Lawrence talks about lack of privacy and the paparazzi during an interview with the Associated Press while promoting The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1.
I knew the paparazzi were going to be a reality in my life. But I didn’t know that I would feel anxiety every time I open my front door, or that being chased by 10 men you don’t know, or being surrounded, feels invasive and makes me feel scared and gets my adrenaline going every day.
Criticizes Princess of R&B biopic
Timbaland gives his opinion on Lifetime’s Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B biopic:
This is why people should never remake movies, bullshit happens. Now you have to deal with the consequences.
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Refuses to answer rape question
Cosby refuses to answer questions regarding the accusations of sexual assault that have surfaced recently during an interview with Scott Simon of NPR. Simon:
This question gives me no pleasure, Mr. Cosby, but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. You’re shaking your head no. I’m in the news business. I have to ask the question. Do you have any response to those charges? Shaking your head no. There are people who love you who might like to hear from you about this. I want to give you the chance.
Talk is Jericho interview
Paige is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss her success in WWE and starting in the wrestling business.
When I was younger I dyed my hair blonde and looked like Brittany Spears so they called me Brittany Knight as my ring name.
Producers defend marriage scene
Lifetime’s Aaliyah: Princess of R&B biopic executive producers Chase and Farley defend their choice to include the controversial marriage between R.Kelly and Aaliyah. They argue that Kelly was a part of Aaliyah’s life and an important influence. Chase:
The evidence is there that they were married, we tried to keep it very tasteful and respectful in our portrayal. Biopics are hard people have an opinion and social media allows them to voice that opinion. But at the end of the day, our goal was to make the best movie possible.
Producers defend biopic
Executive producers Howard Braunstein, Debra Martin Chase and author Christopher Farley disclose that their aim is to create a very tasteful tribute to Aaliyah. Farley:
We’re trying to honor this woman and tell this story of this journey and her overcoming obstacles. We felt we had enough of the music to still make a terrific film, and we’re excited to tell the story we were telling.
US Weekly interview
Swift says she gave up dating because she wants people to focus on her music rather than her love life in an interview with US Weekly.
It broke my heart! I was selling out stadiums and it was all people talked about.
The Hollywood Reporter cover
Tatum appears on the cover of a November 2014 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. He talks about having another child, spanking as discipline, and using drugs when he was a stripper.
I wouldn’t say I was losing myself in drugs because I wasn’t doing anything habitually. Just experimenting. Experimenting, I would say. Never the big ones — crack or heroin. I never OD’d or anything. Never.
Billboard interview
Chesney says that male country singers ‘objectify’ women in an interview with Billboard.
Over the last several years, it seems like anytime anybody sings about a woman, she’s in cutoff jeans, drinking and on a tailgate—they objectify the hell out of them. Twenty years ago, I might have written a song like that— I probably did. But I’m at a point where I want to say something different about women.
ET interview
Mama June reveals that two of her daughter’s, Lauryn and Jessica share the same father, Michael Anthony Ford. Ford is also a sex offender that is currently serving time on sexual exploitation of minors.
I had sex at 12 years old, I had no idea what it was and it kind of escalated from there. I was dating men who were in their 20’s and 30’s and my mom knew about it.
