--- description: Amy Schumer put the multiple rape allegations against Bill Cosby into perspective with a brilliant takedown title: Watch Amy Schumer's Defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Opinion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Amy Schumer Defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Approval  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2015 1:19 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2015 1:19 PM CUT Comedian Amy Schumer put [the numerous rape allegations against Bill Cosby](http://time.com/3602131/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-allegations-guide/ "undefined") into perspective in a blistering takedown sketch on her show _Inside Amy Schumer_. In the sketch, Schumer defends Cosby in the court of public opinion and faces off against a prosecutor armed with mounds of facts and witness statements. Evidence aside, Schumer wins the support of the judge and jury with distractions like cake and free sweaters. At the end of the day, she argues jokingly, the public should ignore the Cosby allegations because they don’t feel good. “If convicted, the next time you put on a rerun of _The Cosby Show_ you may wince a little, you might feel a little pang,” she says. “We don’t deserve to feel that pang. We deserve to dance like no one’s watching and watch like no one’s raping.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/"},"headline":"Watch Amy Schumer Defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Approval","datePublished":"2015-05-27T13:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:21.240Z","description":"'We deserve to dance like no one's watching and watch like no one's raping'","url":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/","name":"Watch Amy Schumer Defend Bill Cosby in the Court of Public Approval"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amy Schumer Bows Down to Kim and Kanye at the TIME 100 Gala","description":"Amy Schumer bows down to Kimye_T100 Gala","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/pbfu0JGw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-22T01:39:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pbfu0JGw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/","duration":"PT25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3897587/amy-schumer-bill-cosby-rape/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```