← Back to People

Bill Cosby

Entertainment Named in Victim Testimony

Mentioned in 446 documents · View JSON

Social contact

American former comedian, actor, and media personality. Corresponded with Epstein and was invited to dinner parties. Epstein closely followed Cosby's 2015 sexual assault case. Between 2017-2018, Epstein tried to purchase Cosby's home.

Key Findings

  • Corresponded with Epstein and invited to dinner parties
  • Epstein closely followed Cosby's sexual assault case in 2015
  • 2017-2018: Epstein unsuccessfully pursued purchasing Cosby's home
  • Referenced alongside Epstein in FBI/DOJ documents discussing patterns of powerful abusers
  • EFTA00365211: Invited to Epstein's dinner: 'Dinner w/Woody Allen, Bobby Slayton and Lewis Black. (Invited Bill Cosby — Can he come? Awaiting reply)' — Jan 2012/2013.
  • EFTA00010413: GM/Cosby filing forwarded to Epstein's legal team — Epstein tracking Maxwell/Cosby legal parallels.
  • EFTA00009116: Referenced in congressional testimony comparing known abusers: 'Bill Cosby and — who were — there were rumors at the time.'

Network Graph

Most Connected With

Jeffrey Epstein (180)Ghislaine Maxwell (104)David Mitchell (99)Andrew Windsor (59)Alan Dershowitz (53)Soon-Yi Previn (49)Sigrid McCawley (49)David Boies (46)Woody Allen (42)Donald Trump (35)Harvey Weinstein (35)Bill Clinton (32)

Communication Timeline

Aug 2009 – Aug 2024 · 304 dated documents (1 sent, 2 received, 301 mentioned)

9 19 29 39 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2009-08: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2009-09: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2010-07: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2010-09: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2012-11: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2013-01: 35 (sent: 1, received: 1, mentioned: 33) 2013-01: 35 (sent: 1, received: 1, mentioned: 33) 2013-01: 35 (sent: 1, received: 1, mentioned: 33) 2013-03: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2013-04: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2013-10: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2014-01: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2014-03: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2014-04: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2014-10: 3 (mentioned: 3) 2014-11: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2015-01: 15 (mentioned: 15) 2015-06: 19 (mentioned: 19) 2015-07: 7 (mentioned: 7) 2015-09: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2015-10: 6 (mentioned: 6) 2015-11: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2015-12: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2016-01: 9 (mentioned: 9) 2016-02: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2016-03: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2016-05: 30 (mentioned: 30) 2016-10: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2017-05: 3 (mentioned: 3) 2017-07: 7 (mentioned: 7) 2017-08: 4 (mentioned: 4) 2017-10: 29 (mentioned: 29) 2017-11: 29 (mentioned: 29) 2018-04: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2018-06: 15 (mentioned: 15) 2018-07: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2018-08: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2018-10: 39 (mentioned: 39) 2018-11: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2019-01: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2019-02: 2 (mentioned: 2) 2019-04: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2019-07: 8 (mentioned: 8) 2020-01: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2020-02: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2020-09: 3 (mentioned: 3) 2021-07: 3 (received: 1, mentioned: 2) 2021-07: 3 (received: 1, mentioned: 2) 2021-10: 1 (mentioned: 1) 2024-08: 1 (mentioned: 1) Sent Received Mentioned

YouTube Coverage (10)

YouTube ABC News Live Prime: July 21, 2025 ABC News — 13 mentions YouTube LCR: Thirteen Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Kignap MI Governor Gretchen Whitmer Law&Crime Network — 12 mentions YouTube Is This MeToo 2.0? with Rebecca Traister MSNBC — 9 mentions YouTube Top Story with Tom Llamas - Nov. 29 | NBC News NOW NBC News — 6 mentions YouTube Hallie Jackson NOW Full Episode – Nov. 29 | NBC News NOW NBC News — 5 mentions YouTube ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 21, 2025 ABC News — 5 mentions YouTube Epstein associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, found guilty of sex trafficking | LiveNOW from FOX NPR — 5 mentions YouTube Morning News NOW Full Episode – July 23 NBC News — 4 mentions YouTube Top Story with Tom Llamas - July 22 | NBC News NOW NBC News — 4 mentions YouTube Alleged Killer In Triple Murder Denied Bail, Plus Convict in Double Murder Released After 20 Years Law&Crime Network — 3 mentions

Related Findings (1)

Schedule Epstein's Jan 2012 Birthday Dinner: Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, David Blaine — Bill Cosby Invited

Documents (446)

0031-31 - Transcript.pdf Courtlistener

EFTA02779028 Court

EFTA02779054 Court

EFTA02779071 Court

EFTA02779089 Court

EFTA02779091 Court

EFTA02779094 Court

EFTA02779448 Court

EFTA02786706 Court

EFTA02789428 Court

EFTA02793104 Court

EFTA02794262 Court

EFTA02795076 Court

EFTA02798251 Court

EFTA02800682 Court

EFTA02801416 Court

EFTA02803497 Court

EFTA02804950 Court

EFTA02804992 Court

EFTA02850705 Disclosure

EFTA00009116 Dataset 7

... power, and have now been prosecuted -- 2 who were known at the time who abused drugs, like Bill Cosby 3 and -- who were -- there were rumors at the time, and you 4 know, and -- and so, looking ba...

EFTA00009329 Dataset 7

...ferent forms, but you know, Weinstein was known 17 and about, and actions weren't taken, and Bill Cosby was 18 known about. And they're each -- go with me. They're each 19 different -- 20 ...

EFTA00010413 Dataset 8

From: To: Subject: GM/Cosby Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:05:15 +0000 Attachments: 127 I29390538.pdf FYI, filed today. EFTA00010413

EFTA00010414 Dataset 8

...cent decision by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William Henry Cosby Jr., J-100-2020 (Jun. 30, 2021), in which the Court vacated Mr. Cosby's conviction and sentence bec...

EFTA00018441 Dataset 8

... in court was Gloria Allred, the activist lawyer who has represented women accusing Roy Moore, Bill Cosby and President Donald Trump of sexual assault. After the hearing, she said she was representing othe...

EFTA00018466 Dataset 8

... in court was Gloria Allred, the activist lawyer who has represented women accusing Roy Moore, Bill Cosby and President Donald Trump of sexual assault. After the hearing, she said she was representing othe...

EFTA00018651 Dataset 8

... wrote: Agreed. Remind me of what we said regarding SOL in Cosby? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 30, 2018, at 1.52 PM, ...

EFTA00020541 Dataset 8

..."the resultant value of such information to those monitoring the federal courts." See id.; Stern v. Cosby, 529 F.Supp.2d 417, 420 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) (internal citations omitted) ("the court must determine the...

EFTA00023532 Dataset 8

... Mr. Markus authored an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News.3 The Op-Ed compared the defendant to Bill Cosby and argued that this case should be dismissed in the wake of Mr. Cosby's release from prison. The O...

EFTA00023895 Dataset 8

...TA00023897 Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 317 Filed 08/13/21 Page 4 of 14 Court in Commonwealth v. Cosby, No. 39 MAP 2020, 2021 WL 2674380 (Pa. June 30, 2021), requires dismissal. Neither argument is pers...

EFTA00034221 Dataset 8

...r $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can be for "The Jeffrey Epstein Chair for the Promotion of Women in Mathematics," whi...

EFTA00035613 Dataset 8

...r $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can 1 EFTA00035613 be for "The Jeffrey Epstein Chair for the Promotion of Women in Ma...

EFTA00056410 Dataset 9

...r $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can be for "The Jeffrey Epstein Chair for the Promotion of Women in Mathematics," whi...

EFTA00065716 Dataset 9

...xceeds the number of articles that mentioned such high-profile defendants as Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, and Keith Raniere in the 90-day period following their arrests, c...

EFTA00067620 Dataset 9

...eventually won the right to present in court. Such testimony explains, as in the Weinstein and Bill Cosby cases, why the trauma of rape victims is unique and may cause victims to act this way. The Weinstei...

EFTA00069900 Dataset 9

... in court was Gloria Allred, the activist lawyer who has represented women accusing Roy Moore, Bill Cosby and President Donald Trump of sexual assault. After the hearing, she said she was representing othe...

EFTA00069926 Dataset 9

... in court was Gloria Allred, the activist lawyer who has represented women accusing Roy Moore, Bill Cosby and President Donald Trump of sexual assault. After the hearing, she said she was representing othe...

EFTA00082641 Dataset 9

... of danger or prejudice to the upcoming trial because the Op-Ed raised the same argument — that the Cosby decision applied to Ms. Maxwell's case — that was filed in public pleadings that were quoted by the...

EFTA00085684 Dataset 9

... in court was Gloria Allred, the activist lawyer who has represented women accusing Roy Moore, Bill Cosby and President Donald Trump of sexual assault. After the hearing, she said she was representing othe...

EFTA00087799 Dataset 9

... of danger or prejudice to the upcoming trial because the Op-Ed raised the same argument — that the Cosby decision applied to Ms. Maxwell's case — that was filed in public pleadings that were quoted by the...

EFTA00093044 Dataset 9

... granted bail so that they can effectively prepare for trial. Bernie Madoff. Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. John Gotti. Marc Dreier. Dominique Strauss- Kahn. Ali Sadr. Adnan Khashoggi. Mahender Sabhnani. Th...

EFTA00094289 Dataset 9

...xceeds the number of articles that mentioned such high-profile defendants as Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, and Keith Raniere in the 90-day period following their arrests, c...

EFTA00095957 Dataset 9

...e pop star seemed small and childish in that moment, and mentally unwell, according to Murphy. Bill Cosby was met with skepticism in 2017 when he revealed that he had gone blind in an interview published j...

EFTA00095967 Dataset 9

...e pop star seemed small and childish in that moment, and mentally unwell, according to Murphy. Bill Cosby was met with skepticism in 2017 when he revealed that he had gone blind in an interview published j...

EFTA00098449 Dataset 9

... Mr. Markus authored an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News.3 The Op-Ed compared the defendant to Bill Cosby and argued that this case should be dismissed in the wake of Mr. Cosby's release from prison. The O...

EFTA00105337 Dataset 9

...David Markus's assertion that he did not violate SDNY's rules when he wrote an op-ed comparing Bill Cosby and Ghislaine Maxwell? Thanks so much -- Mary Margaret Mary Margaret Olohan Social Issues Reporter ...

EFTA00105338 Dataset 9

...David Markus's assertion that he did not violate SDNY's rules when he wrote an op-ed comparing Bill Cosby and Ghislaine Maxwell? Thanks so much -- Mary Margaret Mary Margaret Olohan Social Issues Reporter ...

EFTA00113460 Dataset 9

...elying on another 19 MR. : Prior to getting 20 prosecution. Oh, that's what got Bill Cosby 20 murdered? 21 out, right? Another prosecution, a non- 21 MR. EPSTEIN: No. He wasn'...

EFTA00113482 Dataset 9

.... EPSTEIN: You know, relying on another EFTA00113550 70 1 prosecution. Oh, that's what got Bill Cosby 2 out, right? Another prosecution, a non- 3 disclosure agreement, yeah. Which I believe is...

EFTA00136693 Dataset 9

... the US against the dark web," Rosen said, and "charges included those against a group called 'Pill Cosby' that allegedly distributed more than 1 million fentanyl-laced pills in Ohio and against a man who ...

EFTA00139868 Dataset 9

...r $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can be for "The Jeffrey Epstein Chair for the Promotion of Women in Mathematics," whi...

EFTA00139871 Dataset 9

...r $5 million will show the world yon are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can 1 CONFIDENTIAL ...

EFTA00140366 Dataset 9

...r $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby. The donation can be for "The Jeffrey Epstein Chair for the Promotion of Women in Mathematics," whi...

EFTA00149061 Dataset 9

... the US against the dark web," Rosen said, and "charges included those against a group called `Pill Cosby' that allegedly distributed more than 1 million fentanyl-laced pills in Ohio and against a man who ...

EFTA00154512 Dataset 9

...xceeds the number of articles that mentioned such high-profile defendants as Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, and Keith Raniere in the 90-day period following their arrests, c...

EFTA00163249 Dataset 9

...wered National Crime Victim Bar Association attorneys who fought back against Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinsten and Supreme Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In the first of this two part episode, host R...

EFTA00172536 Dataset 9

...NCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY USPER Bill Cosby, and USPER Allison Mack .g Their affluence and connections provided new leverage to recruit victims...

EFTA00365211 Dataset 9

...NTATIVE Appt w/Larry Delson 7:00 Dinner w/Woody Allen, Bobby Slayton and Lewis Black. (Invited Bill Cosby —Can he come? Awaiting reply) DINNER TO BE FROM DAVID BOULEE OR TAKE OUT EFTA00365211

View all 446 documents →