Billy Dees

In this wide-ranging commentary episode of The Billy Dees Podcast, Billy Dees takes a look back at several of the stories and controversies that dominated the news over the past week—and, as usual, doesn't approach them from a neatly packaged ideological perspective.The episode begins with the disturbing allegations surrounding a 2024 incident at Cornell University involving a young woman identified publicly as “Jane Doe” and several male students. Billy examines the limited information currently available, the original police report, the decision not to pursue criminal charges at the time, and the more recent civil lawsuit that has brought the allegations back into the spotlight.But Billy's focus isn't simply on deciding who is guilty or innocent from behind a microphone. He questions what happens when complicated allegations are turned into a social-media trial before an independent investigation has established the facts. With the names and identities of those involved circulating online, both the alleged