Cosby rape allegations prompt more questions: Your Say

NBC dropped plans for a sitcom with Bill Cosby after sexual assault allegations resurfaced. Cosby stayed silent during an NPR interview when asked about the accusations. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

It doesn't look good when a man will not publicly defend his good name. If he were innocent, he would be suing these women. But he apparently doesn't want to go to court.

— Orlando Roebuck

Honestly, people are going to believe what they want, with or without the facts. Why feed the flames? I'm not sure I'd talk either, if I were Cosby. Everything he says will be skewed to fit how someone else wants to see it.

— Angi Hillin

Taking sides automatically makes one a fool. Cosby may be innocent or guilty, but the general public does not know.

— Dave Reinhart

An individual's celebrity, money, power and influence may have allowed him to get away with sexual assaults.

Over the years, there has been a lot of smoke. Where there is smoke, there is usually fire.

— Karen Scott

If a woman was raped, she shouldn't wait decades to bring it up. Someone must need money or attention to accuse a 77-year-old man of rape.

— Danny Perlstein

My wife was sexually assaulted before I knew her. Twenty-eight years later, she still has nightmares.

Those who doubt rape victims bravely speaking up are likely abusers of women who justify their actions by saying, "She was asking for it."

— Jim Seko