{"id":578159,"date":"2021-06-30T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=578159"},"modified":"2021-06-30T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T01:20:14","slug":"mob-justice-geraldo-rivera-defends-cosby-release-predicts-harvey-weinstein-might-catch-a-break-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mob-justice-geraldo-rivera-defends-cosby-release-predicts-harvey-weinstein-might-catch-a-break-too\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mob Justice\u2019: Geraldo Rivera Defends Cosby Release, Predicts Harvey Weinstein Might Catch A Break Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmob-justice-geraldo-rivera-defends-cosby-release-predicts-harvey-weinstein-might-catch-a-break-too%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=578159&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-30-at-7.54.28-PM-e1625100924450.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Geraldo Rivera said Wednesday that he was not surprised to see comedian Bill Cosby\u2019s sexual assault conviction overturned.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that he had predicted exactly that in 2018, Rivera also suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-conviction-bill-cosby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cosby\u2019s case<\/a> would likely be cited when defense attorneys looked at the possibility of overturning the conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/pathetic-geraldo-rivera-dana-perino-biden-gun-violence-speech\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Pathetic\u2019: Geraldo Rivera And Dana Perino Pan Biden Gun Violence Speech That Sounds Like \u2018Reading Back Somebody\u2019s Fast Food Order\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<p>Rivera explained the reason for his statement in a tweet earlier in the day, saying, \u201cTold you so on #BillCosby. He was convicted by a court so tainted by public opinion and social pressure that it allowed obviously prejudicial evidence and improper witnesses. He may be a bad guy, but in this case he was railroaded by the mob.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.133561643836\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Told you so on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillCosby?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BillCosby<\/a>. He was convicted by a court so tainted by public opinion and social pressure that it allowed obviously prejudicial evidence and improper witnesses. He may be a bad guy, but in this case he was railroaded by the mob.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraldoRivera\/status\/1410282923283173376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCosby served two years on a case that a previous prosecutor promised would never be brought. And to allow the testimony of five other accusers was-legally speaking-outrageous,\u201d Rivera continued in a second tweet. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re pissed off now, wait until the Appeals Court in NY reverses #HarveyWeinstein\u2019s conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.044910179641\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cosby served two years on a case that a previous prosecutor promised would never be brought. And to allow the testimony of five other accusers was-legally speaking-outrageous. And if you\u2019re pissed off now, wait until the Appeals Court in NY reverses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarveyWeinstein?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HarveyWeinstein<\/a>\u2019s conviction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraldoRivera\/status\/1410289754814533632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rivera repeated his position during an interview with \u201cAmerica Reports\u201d anchor John Roberts and guest anchor Shannon Bream, reading back some of what he written about the case in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy most or all accounts, Bill Cosby was a sexual predator who left a trail of human misery and despair. He was sentenced to 3-10 in the state pen, he had it coming,\u201d Rivera said. But then he went on to warn that the judge had allowed testimony that he believed was out of bounds and likely grounds for an appeal or for the entire case to be overturned.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera also noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/celebrities-political-commentators-react-bill-cosbys-overturned-sex-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cosby<\/a> had been prosecuted even after making a deal for his own testimony in a civil case that was supposed to prevent such prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is he going to get back the two years that he has lost now? This never should have happened,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou say \u2018how is he going to get back the two years that he has lost while being in prison?\u2019 How will the 58 women who say he did to them what they say he did ever get back any sense of justice here, and any sense of ever being whole again?\u201d Roberts pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera said his heart went out to the victims and he was sorry that they were not getting the kind of closure they might have wanted. \u201cBut that\u2019s not the way the criminal justice system works,\u201d he added, arguing that in Cosby\u2019s case they had brought in witnesses who were unrelated to the victim and used them to \u201cembellish\u201d the case \u201cin a way that was wrongful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you something else in my opinion. This will be reflected in Harvey Weinstein\u2019s appeal as well,\u201d Rivera continued. \u201cBill Cosby, I tell you, you can spit on him, do all you want, but he was unjustly convicted in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News\u2019 Geraldo Rivera said Wednesday that he was not surprised to see comedian Bill Cosby\u2019s sexual assault conviction overturned.Noting that he had predicted exactly that in 2018, Rivera also &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313807,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-30-at-7.54.28-PM-e1625100924450.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Mob Justice\u2019: Geraldo Rivera Defends Cosby Release, Predicts Harvey Weinstein Might Catch A Break Too","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-30-at-7.54.28-PM-e1625100924450.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Mob Justice\u2019: Geraldo Rivera Defends Cosby Release, Predicts Harvey Weinstein Might Catch A Break Too","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}