Letter From the Editor: About That Bill Cosby Post….

TheWrap’s CEO and editor-in-chief addresses reader outrage over Hollyblogger Richard Stellar’s op-ed

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We published a guest blog post on Saturday that upset many readers, so I want to address it.

Richard Stellar, a regular Hollyblogger, wrote a post that many interpreted as an attack on the women who are accusing Bill Cosby of rape. And they found it offensive.

Along with the headline, “The Rape of Bill Cosby,” this paragraph particularly struck a nerve:

“The concept of justice is disregarded. The statute of limitations is ignored. The recollections of events that happened as long as fifty years ago are dredged up by aging actresses who have one eye on the CNN camera, and the other on a book or reality show deal.

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