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Armed with pudding pops and ugly patterned sweaters, Amy Schumer defended Bill Cosby against rape allegations the best way she could on Inside Amy Schumer: by telling a jury in the Court of Public Opinion that Cosby "probably can't get in any legal trouble," and it's really about "not punishing ourselves for loving great comedy." Pushing the nostalgia angle hard, Schumer showed the jury a clip of The Cosby Show and then asked, "Did anybody feel raped by that? How about drugged? I felt comforted by a familiar father figure." Watch the video all the way to the end to see how Schumer handles receiving a gift from her client. —Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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