BILL COSBY ACCUSED OF RAPE

[HairOfTheDog]

If I were a PR person, I'd advise my client to go in to hiding for a month or two and, absent providing fuel for the fire, it WILL die down and some other story will take its place.

If he were innocent and falsely accused, I would advise the opposite were I his PR person. If he didn't rape anybody, I'd advise him to come out directly and say so.

So he could face liable/slander suits from all sides that probably wouldn't be judged/settled for years? He can't win speaking out. Not at his age. He doesn't have the time to fight those battles in civil court.

Plus, those that think he DID do it would just pounce on him for his denials and keep the whole media wheel rolling. He's better off being quiet. From a PR standpoint.

No, he couldn't face libel/slander suits by simply defending himself and telling the truth (nor could he face any other criminal or civil actions from known accusers due to statute of limitations expiration).

As long as he doesn't specifically make defamatory remarks about any of the women that could be proven false and to have caused damage to their reputations, there would be no risk of libel or slander suits.

He could very simply arrange a public statement or an interview with his chosen host. Happens all the time and Bill Cosby knows all about how that works. He could just say that he never raped or molested any woman. His interviewer could read each of the women's names and he could confirm that he never committed any of those acts on any of those women.

He is losing everything in his silence. This is not something that will blow over in a month, nor should it. It will never be biz as usual unless he's innocent and addresses the accusations publicly.

I really don't understand why you'd advise him to be silent unless you think he's guilty, in which case I concur.