Whoopi Goldberg still refuses to believe that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted women

EnlargeWhoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby (Credit: ABC, AP/Evan Vucci)

On Tuesday’s edition of “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg again defended Bill Cosby despite the release of court documents in which the comedian testified, under oath, that he procured prescriptions for Qaaludes in order to use the drug to sexually assault women.

With the exception of Raven-Symoné — who bowed out of the conversation because “he’s the reason I’m on this panel in the first place” — all the co-hosts hammered Goldberg, arguing that in the testimony Cosby admitted to the very behavior he has been accused of engaging in by 40 other women.

Goldberg insisted that the testimony only indicated that he used Qaaludes “to have sex with one woman,” but even Candace Cameron-Bure — who required an explanation as to what Qaaludes are before she could address the issue — came to the conclusion that having sexual relations with incapacitated women isn’t sex, but sexual assault.

“If you’re giving drugs to anyone to have sex,” she said, “you’re impairing their judgment. They don’t have the ability to make a coherent decision as to whether they want to have sex with him.”