--- title: Bill Cosby Assault Charges Praised by Judd Apatow description: "Hopefully now many of these women will get to tell their stories in a court of law" canonical: https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-30T18:51:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:42:04.161Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bill Cosby Assault Charges Praised by Judd Apatow og:description: "Hopefully now many of these women will get to tell their stories in a court of law" og:url: https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10796ab6e6bba538/698877333c16396dfb45b602/459384842.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: An Evening With Bill Cosby At King Center For The Performing Arts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Cosby Assault Charges Praised by Judd Apatow twitter:description: "Hopefully now many of these women will get to tell their stories in a court of law" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10796ab6e6bba538/698877333c16396dfb45b602/459384842.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Judd Apatow Praises Assault Charges Against Bill Cosby by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 30, 2015 6:51 PM CUT  Actor Bill Cosby performs at the King Center for the Performing Arts on November 21, 2014 in Melbourne, Florida. Gerardo Mora—Getty Images Actor Bill Cosby performs at the King Center for the Performing Arts on November 21, 2014 in Melbourne, Florida. Gerardo Mora—Getty ImagesGerardo Mora—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 30, 2015 6:51 PM CUT Director Judd Apatow is glad embattled comedian [Bill Cosby is facing charges for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004](http://time.com/4164142/bill-cosby-sexual-assault-2/ "undefined"). On Wednesday, Pennsylvania prosecutors issued a warrant for Cosby’s arrest stemming from charges of indecent assault. The _40-Year-Old Virgin_ director took to twitter Wednesday afternoon to slam Cosby’s history of “attempting to silence the women he has assaulted.” “Bill Cosby has spent his life attempting to silence the women he has assaulted with threats, lawsuits and money,” Apatow wrote on Twitter. Apatow has been a fierce critic of Cosby in light of the 50-plus who have come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them over the past four decades. Cosby was charged for the alleged assault of Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who says Cosby invited her to his Pennsylvania home and sexually abused her. On Twitter, Apatow said he hopes the charges and a potential trial will allow Cosby’s alleged victims to share their stories. > [](https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/682246794709893121) > [](https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/682247203629314048) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/"},"headline":"Judd Apatow Praises Assault Charges Against Bill Cosby","datePublished":"2015-12-30T18:51:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:42:04.161Z","description":"\"Hopefully now many of these women will get to tell their stories in a court of law \"","url":"https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/","keywords":["celebrities","Crime","Judd Apatow","justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10796ab6e6bba538/698877333c16396dfb45b602/459384842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10796ab6e6bba538/698877333c16396dfb45b602/459384842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An Evening With Bill Cosby At King Center For The Performing Arts","caption":"An Evening With Bill Cosby At King Center For The Performing Arts","creditText":"Gerardo Mora—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4164465/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-charges/","name":"Judd Apatow Praises Assault Charges Against Bill Cosby"}}]}] ```