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Bill Cosby has filed a defamation counterclaim against women who have accused him of sexual assault.

The lawsuit Cosby filed on Monday names accusers Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie.

Since the women can’t file a criminal case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, they chose to file defamation lawsuits against Mr. Cosby based on his denials of the allegations.

The women all accuse Cosby of dru

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(CNN) -- There was a time when it was de rigueur for black American households to have a subscription to Ebony magazine. Its pages were one of the only places in media where black families could see their faces, lives and interests reflected back at them.

And then came "The Cosby Show," the holy grail of media portrayals of African-American family life.

That's what makes the November cover of Ebony, which features an early portrait of Bill Cosby's TV family overlaid by shattered glass, so powe

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President Robert Sloan reads the citation recognizing Bill Cosby’s accomplishments as an educator, entertainer and parent. (Baylor University photo by Jason Raddin)

Baptist-affiliated Baylor University says “acts of interpersonal and sexual violence” alleged against the once-beloved comic “contradict our very mission and values.”

Baylor University acted Oct. 8 to rescind an honorary doctorate the school awarded to accused serial rapist Bill Cosby in 2003.

The 78-year-old comedian, facing le

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Actor and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner poses for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. Warner, who won his first Grammy earlier this year for his work on Robert Glasper’s “Jesus Children,” is currently promoting his new album, “Selfless.” He describes the third record with his band Miles Long as “funky passionate vulnerability.” (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

“The Cosby Show” alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner says the series’ legacy is “tarnished” by the sexual assault allegatio

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In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby pauses during a news conference.
(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

Video has been released that shows entertainer Bill Cosby asking a news organization not to release a portion of his conversation with a reporter in which he asks that questions about sex abuse allegations be removed.

In a Nov. 6 interview with the Associated Press, Cosby tells a reporter that he is not going to answer questions having to do with public allegations of sex abuse made

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In the future, what will echo most when we hear Bill Cosby’s name?

Will he forever be known as that beloved figure who starred in a groundbreaking family sitcom, was a voice of moral authority on black culture and education and made audiences laugh for decades with his stand-up comedy?

Or is Cosby risking a serious tarnishing of that image right now as allegations of rape continue to swirl around him?

On Sunday, the second woman in a 10-day span, publicist Joan Tarshis, came forward to tell a

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In the future, what will echo most when we hear Bill Cosby’s name?

Will he forever be known as that beloved figure who starred in a groundbreaking family sitcom, was a voice of moral authority on black culture and education and made audiences laugh for decades with his stand-up comedy?

Or is Cosby risking a serious tarnishing of that image right now as allegations of rape continue to swirl around him?

On Sunday, the second woman in a 10-day span, publicist Joan Tarshis, came forward to tell a

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bill-cosby.jpg

In the future, what will echo most when we hear Bill Cosby’s name?

Will he forever be known as that beloved figure who starred in a groundbreaking family sitcom, was a voice of moral authority on black culture and education and made audiences laugh for decades with his stand-up comedy?

Or is Cosby risking a serious tarnishing of that image right now as allegations of rape continue to swirl around him?

On Sunday, the second woman in a 10-day span, publicist Joan Tarshis, came forward to tell a

Read more…

bill-cosby.jpg

In the future, what will echo most when we hear Bill Cosby’s name?

Will he forever be known as that beloved figure who starred in a groundbreaking family sitcom, was a voice of moral authority on black culture and education and made audiences laugh for decades with his stand-up comedy?

Or is Cosby risking a serious tarnishing of that image right now as allegations of rape continue to swirl around him?

On Sunday, the second woman in a 10-day span, publicist Joan Tarshis, came forward to tell a

Read more…