Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Suggest ‘Racial Bias’ to Blame for Sexual Assault Allegations

Bill Cosby isn’t typically one to play the race card to excuse his own — and other’s— personal failures. But his lawyers aren’t as impartial, it seems.

Cosby’s legal team suggested for the first time on Tuesday that “racial bias” and “prejudice” were to blame for his public crucifixion and the slew of sexual assault allegations raised against the disgraced 79-year-old comedian, as he faces trial for allegedly drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his house in 2004, the AP reported.

While more than 50 women have accused Bill Cosby of assaulting them over the last few years, the former actor is only being charged for a single night of sexual violence, related to Constand’s visit to his suburban Philadelphia home, in the upcoming criminal trial. A large number of his accusers, including Constand, are white. – READ MORE