Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Issues Statement: Claims ‘Have Escalated Far Past The Point Of Absurdity’

Bill Cosby’s lawyer, Martin D. Singer, has released a statement following new allegations against the comedian.

In Singer’s statement to NBC news on Friday, he said things have gotten “past the point of absurdity.”

“The new, never-before-heard claims from women who have come forward in the past two weeks with unsubstantiated, fantastical stories about things they say occurred 30, 40, or even 50 years ago have escalated far past the point of absurdity,” Singer’s statement read.

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“These brand new claims about alleged decades-old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous, and it is completely illogical that so many people would have said nothing, done nothing, and made no reports to law enforcement or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years,” the statement continued.

“Lawsuits are filed against people in the public eye every day. There has never been a shortage of lawyers willing to represent people with claims against rich, powerful men, so it makes no sense that not one of these new women who just came forward for the first time now ever asserted a legal claim back at the time they allege they had been sexually assaulted,” Singer said in his statement.

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The lawyer also put blame on the media.

“This situation is an unprecedented example of the media’s breakneck rush to run stories without any corroboration or adherence to traditional journalistic standards. Over and over again, we have refuted these new unsubstantiated stories with documentary evidence, only to have a new uncorroborated story crop up out of the woodwork. When will it end?

“It is long past time for this media vilification of Mr. Cosby to stop,” his statement concluded.

Access Hollywood Staff

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