Could Bill Cosby Walk Away Free? Sexual Assault Charges Could Be DROPPED Due To One Crucial Email.

As Radar reported, after years of rape allegations by at least 55 women, Bill Cosby was finally arrested Dec. 30 in relation to the alleged 2004 rape of Andrea Constand, but now, a single email threatens to tank the entire case.

Back in 2005, a former Pennsylvania District Attorney allegedly made a verbal agreement with Cosby that he would not face criminal charges for any revelations made in the course of deposition testimony given in relation to the civil lawsuit that Constand brought against him after their encounter. The Daily Mail reports that former D.A. Bruce Castor explained the deal to his successor, 

Risa Vetri Ferman via email, saying that his intent in making the agreement was to help Constand’s civil case by eliminating the possibility of Cosby pleading the Fifth during deposition testimony.

“I can see no possibility that Cosby’s deposition could be used in a state criminal case, because I would have to testify as to what happened, and the deposition would be subject to suppression,” the email read. “I cannot believe any state court judge would allow that deposition into evidence… Knowing this, unless you can make out a case without that deposition and without anything the deposition led you to, I think Cosby would have an action against the County and maybe even against you personally.”

Although this email was sent just three short months before Cosby’s arrest, current D.A. Kevin Steele has said that he will fight to have the agreement thrown out on procedural grounds. Still, the 78-year-old’s legal team is fighting tooth and nail to ensure that Cosby’s admissions do not result in jail time. “A citizen’s constitutional rights cannot be thwarted by politically motivated prosecutors willing to break agreements made by their predecessors,” Cosby’s attorney Brian McMonagle wrote in a motion. “The commonwealth’s agreement must be enforced, and the charges dismissed.”

Culled radaronline.

16,000 Workers To Lose Jobs As Walmart Resolves To Close 269 Stores

The biggest retailer in the United has announced that it will be shutting down 269 of its stores including 159 in US.

“Closing stores is never an easy decision but it is necessary to keep the country strong and positioned for the future” said Doug McMillon. President and CEO of Walmart Stores.

16,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs due to the company’s decision.

Let's pray this does not come to a city near you.

Lassa Fever Confirmed In Lagos Nigeria

The case, which was diagnosed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, involves a 25-year-old student from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The patient is said to have been admitted first at a private hospital in Ojokoro area of Lagos State.

According to the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, the patient is responding to treatment.

The death of a Lassa fever victim at the National Hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital, had brought the total number of deaths to 43 in the country, from 10 states.

Announcing the death at the National Hospital on Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, called on health workers at all levels to be more vigilant and look out for patients with symptoms of Lassa fever.

The Minister advised residents of affected states not to panic but to maintain high level vigilance and present themselves for test if they feel unhealthy or they feel symptoms of Lassa fever which include high fever, stooling, tiredness and vomiting among others.

He cautioned that self-medication should be avoided at this period.

How The Actions Of A Few,Affect Many .German Town Bans Refugees From Swimming Pool

A town near the German cities of Cologne and Bonn has banned male refugees from the municipal pool after sexual harassment complaints. Tension is high in Germany over immigration and women's rights.

A suburb of the German city of Bonn has forbidden adult male refugees from visiting the town's public pool, a city spokesman announced on Friday. After women at the municipal pool in Bornheim had begun complaining of sexual harassment, said the spokesman, it was clear that immediate action should be taken to protect the rights of the women.

Initially the men, who live in a shelter in Bornheim while they await the results of their asylum applications, were given access to the municipal pool as part of a small package of benefits. Soon, however, women began going to the manager saying the men's behavior was unacceptable.

While none of the incidents amounted to anything illegal, the city said it was important first and foremost to make it clear to the men that in Germany, the rights of women are sacrosanct.

"Once our social workers tell us that they have got the message, we'll terminate the measure," said Markus Schnapka, head of Bornheim's social welfare office.

Germany has been on edge about immigrants and sexual violence since a string of sexual assaults were carried out, many by asylum seekers, in the city of Cologne, which is very close to Bonn, on New Year's Eve. The attacks have sent shock-waves through a country that usually has a great deal of faith its public institutions.

 The scandal has touched everyone from the Cologne chief of police, who has since stepped down, to the state of North-Rhine Westphalia's regional government, to Chancellor Angela Merkel herself and her open-door policy for refugees.

Culled.stelladimokokorkus

French drug trial leaves one brain dead and five critically ill

One person is brain dead and five others are seriously ill after taking part in a drug trial for Portuguese pharmaceutical firm Bial at a clinic in north-west France.

The French health ministry said the six male patients aged 28 to 49 had been in good health until taking the oral medication. They started taking the drug on 7 January. One person started feeling ill on Sunday and the other five afterwards. The brain dead volunteer was admitted to hospital in Rennes on Monday. Other patients went in on Wednesday and Thursday.

Pierre-Gilles Edan, head of the hospital’s neurology department, said one man was brain dead, three others were suffering a “handicap that could be irreversible” and another had neurological problems. The sixth volunteer had no symptoms but was being monitored.

The French health minister, Marisol Touraine, said 90 people in total had taken part in the trial and received some dosage of the drug; others had taken a placebo. All trials on the drug have been suspended and all volunteers who have taken part in the trial are being called back.

The ministry said the test was carried out by the Bio-trial clinic for Bial, which “specialized in carrying out clinical trials”.

The trial was intended to test for side-effects of the new drug but all trials at the clinic have been suspended and the French state prosecutor has opened an inquiry.

Touraine said the drug was a so-called FAAH inhibitor meant to act on the body’s endocannabinoid system, which deals with pain. Earlier reports suggested that the drug contained cannabinoids, an active ingredient found in cannabis plants, but the minister said it did not contain the drug or any derivatives of it.

Touraine said the study was a phase one clinical trial, in which healthy volunteers take the medication to “evaluate the safety of its use, tolerance and pharmacological profile of the molecule”.

Medical trials typically have three phases to assess a new drug or device for safety and effectiveness. Phase one entails a small group of volunteers and focuses only on safety. Phase two and three are progressively larger trials to assess the drug’s effectiveness, although safety remains paramount.

Testing had already been carried out on animals, including chimpanzees, starting in July, Touraine said.

Bial said it was committed to ensuring the well-being of test participants and was working with authorities to discover the cause of the injuries, adding that the clinical trial had been approved by French regulators.

Every year, thousands of volunteers, often students looking to make extra money, take part in such trials. Mishaps are relatively rare, but in 2006 six men were treated for organ failure in London after taking part in a clinical trial into a drug developed to fight auto-immune disease and leukemia.

culled from stelladimokokorkus

20 Killed In Ouagadougou Terrorist Attack

At least, 20 of the several people held hostage by Islamic Terrorists at the Ouagadougou Splendid hotel have been killed.  The Gun men stormed the hotel frequented by foreigners in the early hours of Saturday firing shots and have taken many hostages.

U.S and French Soldiers engaged the terrorists in gun battle and so far have been able to free 30 hostages including the communication minister.

The Terror group Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack. Rescue operation is in progress at the time of this report.

I still don’t understand how ending the lives of fellow human beings help these terrorists pass their message.

Wise Words. Donald Trump and His Team Should Take A Page Out of This Book