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Bill Cosby Accused of Sexual Assault by 9 Women in Nevada Lawsuit
will air an exclusive interview with the women on Thursday.Each woman says Cosby approached them with offers to help them in their careers, using “his enormous power, fame, and prestige, and claimed interest” in order to “isolate and sexually assault them.”The lawsuit then breaks down the individual accusations, each following a familiar pattern of being lured to a secluded place, pressured to take drugs, and then being raped. “Cosby forcefully sexually penetrated or otherwise sexually assaulted Plaintiffs against their will, all while Cosby knew they were mentally and physically incapable of resisting or consenting,” the suit says.The women say they “sustained in the past and will continue to sustain in the future psychological injury, pain, and suffering, serious and severe psychological and emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation,” and that they suffered medical expenses and economic problems as a result of their experiences.And plaintiffs are requesting a jury trial, and seek compensatory damages “for pain, suffering, injury, emotuonal distress and for medical expenses past and future,” pre-and-post-judgment interest, punitive damages and the coverage of legal fees, as determined by a jury.In a statement provided to TheWrap, Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt, said, “It’s interesting that these ‘Look Back Windows’ are formulating only in those states (New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles and Nevada) where many of Mr.
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Pentagon to Prohibit Future Drag Shows at Military Facilities
seized on drag as a contentious issue in the modern-day culture wars, with many GOP lawmakers seeking to ban public drag performances in the name of protecting children from being exposed to potentially inappropriate material.Some overzealous law enforcement authorities in Nashville even went so far as to threaten singer Hayley Kiyoko with legal action earlier this year over having drag queens on stage with her as part of her concert tour — despite the fact the Tennessee law seeking to ban drag shows in public had been blocked by the courts.But conservatives have also seized on drag shows as emblematic of the military’s overall LGBTQ-inclusive service and recruiting policies, with many arguing that allowing drag shows at military facilities is an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds, undermines military readiness by weakening soldiers’ resolve, and hampers the military’s recruiting efforts by making military service unpalatable to social conservatives, especially those from the South or so-called “red states.”“Per DoD Joint Ethics Regulation (JER), certain criteria must be met for persons or organizations acting in non-federal capacity to use DoD facilities and equipment,” Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said in a statement to Politico. “As [Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin has said, the DoD will not host drag events at U.S.
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