Lou Ferrigno’s wife, Carla: Bill Cosby tried to sexually assault me

[freeplessinseattle]

Source: Washington Times

"Carla Ferrigno, the wife of Lou Ferrigno — who played “The Incredible Hulk” on TV — said Bill Cosby tried to sexually assault her at a party when she was in her teen years. And her claim comes on the heels of one from another woman, Therese Serignese, who said the now-beleaguered actor once gave her pills and raped her.

Ms. Serignese of Boca Raton, Florida, is the fourth woman to come forward in recent days to accuse Mr. Cosby of rape, the Daily Mail reported. She said she was 19 when Mr. Cosby gave her pills at a Las Vegas show — and that she later awoke to find him having sex with her, the Daily Mail reported.

I took them, didn’t know what they were — didn’t even ask,” she said, of the pills she was handed at the Hilton in Las Vegas in 1976, after meeting Mr. Cosby and being invited to his show’s after party, the Daily Mail said. “I just was intimidated I guess, and I took them. Then my next memory is feeling drugged and him having sex with me.”

Ms. Serignese was actually Jane Doe 10 of 13 in a civil suit that was brought against Mr. Cosby by Andrea Constand. The case was settled out of court."

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/20/lou-ferrignos-wife-carla-bill-cosby-tried-to-sexua/

[eShirl]

1. I mean, holy crap

Imagine how many of his victims are still out there that have never come forward

[Wella]

2. They all seem to have been young, white women

Rape as a hate crime?

[FarPoint]

5. We can't exclude the Entertainment Industry...

They have a wall of silence woven into the fabric of career survival. My concerns are directed at repercussions for anyone that speaks out on dirty secrets of abuse. The saying is often heard, " You'll never work in this town again". Cosby was a money maker...end of story.

[7962]

10. And most of them DIDNT work in that town again for the most part.

Other than Dickenson. Dont know if Cosby had anything to do with that or not. The industry is just a crap shoot to start with. SO MANY people out there with talent who never make it. Go to any bar in Nashville and you'll hear excellent singers that will likely never hit it big. These women did what anyone would do; networked with a star. They likely were scared to start with & didnt realize anything bad was going on

[VWolf]

15. "They have a wall of silence woven into the fabric of career survival"

SPOT ON.

[candelista]

19. "A wall woven into a fabric"?

What are we supposed to imagine here?

[MissDeeds]

16. It's a valid question

and one that should be explored.

[Beacool]

35. I see them more like trophies.

Raping young, beautiful white women may have been viewed by him as a sign of success.

[Happyhippychick]

3. I hope he rots in prison, what a filthy man.

[grasswire]

28. the statute of limitations has passed

he is in no jeopardy of criminal charges

[Happyhippychick]

33. Unless he has done it more recently.

[shenmue]

4. Wow

[Martin Eden]

6. Is Cosby still the darling of conservatives?

The commentary below was written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson. He is co-host of the "Al Sharpton Show" on American Urban Radio Network and the co-author of "How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge."

In May 2004 comedian, social critic, and philanthropist Bill Cosby took the stage at Independence Hall in his hometown of Philadelphia. It was a gala commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on school segregation. Cosby was being honored for his near legendary philanthropy to African-American colleges. The mostly black audience, chock-full of veterans of the civil rights and social justice movements, fully expected to hear Cosby reminisce about the gains and importance of the civil rights fight and reflect on the massive racial disparities, poverty and economic inequality that still ensnare millions of African-Americans.

They got a shock. Cosby did nothing of the kind. He instead launched into a long-winded, bitter rampage against alleged ignorant, gun-toting, babymaking and jail-deserving young blacks. Cosby then put the capper on it when he angrily shouted that even more blacks deserve to be dumped in the slammer and even evoked God to bolster his scream. "God is tired of you," he said, "and so am I." The stunned audience didn't know what to make of Cosby's tirade. But an endless parade of conservative columnists, right-wing talk show gabbers, bloggers and unreconstructed bigots did. They had found just the man to put the proper face on their long-standing manufactured growth industry in black, especially black male, blame-the-victim bashing. Cosby was perfect. He had none of the odor of black conservatives such as Clarence Thomas and Alan Keyes, who were routinely trotted out to rip and disparage blacks and who engendered near-universal ridicule and condemnation from African-Americans. Cosby, by contrast, was seen as a real civil rights man, a liberal universally admired by blacks.
lRelated Social-media misstep revives sexual assault allegations against Cosby

In the days after that tirade, Cosby's stock soared to new heights among conservatives. He was a man who would air black America's dirty laundry and brave the wrath of civil rights leaders, black activists and black columnists. This all culminated in his getting an unprecedented one hour to tout his blacks-must-clean-up-their-own-ghettos spin on "Meet the Press." He topped that with a book, "Come on People," which quickly soared up the best-seller charts. In the book he harangued and lectured, cobbled together a mishmash of his trademark anecdotes, homilies and personal tales of woe and success. He juggled and massaged facts to bolster his self-designated black morals crusade. Stripped away, it was the same stock message that blacks can't read, write or speak coherent English, and are social and educational cripples and failures. To no surprise, the cheers for Cosby from the racism deniers were wilder and louder than ever.
--snip--

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Yes, because he condemns other blacks and apparently hates women. Limbaugh loves him

He's been furiously defending him

[Frank Cannon]

9. Fuck Dr. Cosby and his bullshit PhD.

Or Ed.D., or whatever it is. The guy has always seemed like an arrogant douchebag to me. That bloated credit of his at the beginning of the Cosby Show served no purpose whatsoever except to show what a pretentious dick he is.

None of these stories about him surprise me. It's too bad Carla's husband never Hulked out on him after he found out.

[Locrian]

22. creep meter

Always had a high creepy meter reading from me. Something I just don't like about his "comedy" - his smugness and superiority. Always seemed so full of himself.

[shenmue]

26. I did use to like his show

But that was 30 years ago. Everyone watched it.

[Jefferson23]

21. What a world view...sickening. The accusations of rape only make the whole of the man

even worse..how many more will come forward? Seems like an avalanche.

[Lars39]

8. I'm getting the impression that the men who rape unconscious women

are really into necrophilia, but they can't find any dead women.

[Frank Cannon]

11. It's vicious and horrible.

It can't possibly be about sexual release for these freaks--only aggression and violence. It's an even more cowardly and disgusting form of rape, since the victim has absolutely no hope of fighting back.

[Lars39]

12. Totally agree!

No hope of fighting back while rape is occurring, and not much hope of justice in the future either.

[nxylas]

13. Non-moonie source

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-30064255

Sorry, but I don't believe in giving the Washington Times web traffic.

[freeplessinseattle]

17. Yeah, it was only one of two sources available at the time

Was a tough call between that and the harder to read tabloidly Daily Mail. Either way, story's gotta get out there

[Thespian2]

14. After a few episodes of

I Spy, never watched or thought about him again until his true colours emerged. If God creates humans, he makes one helluva lot of mistakes, Cosby being a prime example.

[Lil Missy]

18. Incredulous that there were so many that didn't come forward before.

How very disappointing. He didn't just sexually assault them, he drugged many of them too. He's been a serial criminal pervert all these years. I feel for his wife right now; she must be devastated.

[Arkana]

20. I want these accusations not to be true. I really do.

I grew up listening to Bill Cosby's comedy--he was the standard by which I measure almost every other comedian that I enjoy now.

But if these allegations are true...the guy was basically the black Jimmy Savile, except not a pedophile.

[hueymahl]

23. This whole thing makes me sad.

Cosby did some great things in his life. To also do such monstrous things is hard to imagine and reconcile.

[Capt. Obvious]

24. He's not going to like Lou when he's angry

[Sheldon Cooper]

27. What does this mean?

With the issues with hormone replacement therapy, a lot of women are going natural.

[MuseRider]

29. WTF?

I think you might want to explain this comment.

Please enlighten.

[grasswire]

30. say what?? nt

[freeplessinseattle]

31. Pardon-it's women's fault for going thru menopause and depriving their husbands of their sexual

needs? WT effing F? Besides, in 1970 I doubt his spouse was experiencing "the change"

[Damansarajaya]

32. Now there's a guy you don't want mad at you. nt

[Beacool]

34. At first I was trying to give Bill Cosby the benefit of the doubt, but not anymore.

This is a man whose work I had liked and respected. I was shocked when the allegations started coming one after the other.

I am now deeply disappointed and angry that Cosby used his fame to drug and rape women. As more of them come out to accuse him of this heinous act, it has become evident that he was a serial rapist who kept assaulting women because he was allowed to get away with it.

I don't know if criminal charges can be brought against him after so many years, but I do hope that at least he will suffer public rejection.

[dawnie51]

36. Several years into the TV show...

Lisa Bonet, one of the daughters, became very withdrawn and was acting out. She was soon written out of the show, and other characters came on the scene. Makes you wonder. She was a very pretty girl, ultimately married and had a child with Lenny Kravitz. I hope she and her fellow actors were not victims of this jerk.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

37. On a related note, Ferrigno himself is well-known as a lecherous pig

as folks who work in conventions can tell you.