Non-American news about America is notoriously slanted because of the global inferiority complex non-American countries have. They need America to look bad along with everyone and everything in it to make themselves feel better. It's quite sad.

That said, even American news was immediately on the Kill Cosby Express because it happened in the middle of metoo, the movement that was so hair triggered (if you'll excuse the pun) that it managed to annihilate the collective credibility of women in a couple years.

I really have no idea if it's true or not, because the American justice system is a complete joke and "guilt" is based entirely on your place on the progressive stack, who you're sided with, and who you know personally