GuardianUK.com: “If you give a woman – or a man, for that matter, without his or her knowledge – a drug, and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape,” President Barack Obama said...“Any civilized country should have no tolerance for rape.”


NBC News: (The) executive director of (a) (crime) victims group...said..."The Medal of Freedom embodies our nation's values. Allowing Cosby to maintain this coveted symbol suggests that we as a society support coercive sexual behavior. Revoking the medal will send a powerful message to America's youth..." Obama, at a White House press conference, said that there was no way to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Cosby...

Whoopi Goldberg, who said last week that Cosby was "innocent until proven guilty," changed her stance Tuesday on ABC's 'The View.' She said that "all of the information that's out there kind of points to guilt."