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|Image = Bill-cosby-mugshoit.png | |Image = Bill-cosby-mugshoit.png | ||
|fullname = William Henry Cosby Jr. | |fullname = William Henry Cosby Jr. | ||
|alias = Bill Cosby | |alias = Bill Cosby<br>"Pill Cosby"<br>America's Favorite Dad<br>Dr. Huxtable | ||
|occupation = Actor<br> | |occupation = Actor<br> | ||
Comedian<br> | Comedian<br> | ||
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|goals = Drug and rape women that he desires. (succeeded only to backfire on him) | |goals = Drug and rape women that he desires. (succeeded only to backfire on him) | ||
|type of villain = Manipulative Rapist | |type of villain = Manipulative Rapist | ||
|motive = Unknown|crimes = Serial rape|origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}} | |motive = Unknown|crimes = Serial rape<br>Date rape<br>Sexual assault<br>Sexual battery<br>[[Child Abuse|Child abuse]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Adultery|origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States}} | ||
{{Quote|I have eight years and nine months left. When I come up for parole, they're going to hear me say that I have no remorse.|Cosby in an interview in 2019.}} | {{Quote|I have eight years and nine months left. When I come up for parole, they're going to hear me say that I have no remorse.|Cosby in an interview in 2019.}} | ||
'''Bill Cosby''' (born July 12<sup>th</sup>, 1937) is | '''Bill Cosby''' (born July 12<sup>th</sup>, 1937) is an American former stand-up comedian, actor, musician and author who is considered to be one of the most recognizable and influential comedians of all-time. Beginning in the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in the television sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', which aired from 1984 to 1992 and was rated as the number one show in America from 1985 through 1989. The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent African-American family. Cosby produced the spin-off sitcom ''A Different World'', which aired from 1987 to 1993. He also starred in ''The Cosby Mysteries'' from 1994 to 1995 and in the sitcom ''Cosby'' from 1996 to 2000 and hosted ''Kids Say the Darndest Things'' from 1998 to 2000. He also created the children's cartoons ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' and ''Little Bill'' and was a starring cast member on the PBS show ''The Electric Company'' from 1971 to 1973. | ||
Cosby's reputation was tarnished during the mid-2010s when numerous women made sexual assault accusations against him, the earliest dating back to 1965. More than 60 women have accused him of either attempted sexual assault, rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct, all of which he has denied, and the statute of limitations had by the mid-2010s expired in nearly all cases. | |||
Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to three to ten years in prison in September 2018. He is currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution – Phoenix in Pennsylvania. | |||
==Sexual assault allegations== | |||
He has been subjected to highly publicized sexual assault allegations ranging from 1965 to 2014. Bill Cosby rape in totally 60 women. | |||
His allegations dated back in the mid 1960s where he faced a lawsuit from an actress he did later on settled the lawsuit. But it wasn't until October 2014 his allegations resurfaced after a stand up routine by Hannibal Buress was talking about how Bill Cosby is hypocritical criticizing African Americans for their 'behavior" while he was accused of sexual assault and drugging and raping women. Many more women came forward accusing him of drugging and raping them. More than 60 women have accused him of either attempted sexual assault, rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, which he had denied, and the statute of limitations had by then expired in nearly all cases. | His allegations dated back in the mid 1960s where he faced a lawsuit from an actress he did later on settled the lawsuit. But it wasn't until October 2014 his allegations resurfaced after a stand up routine by Hannibal Buress was talking about how Bill Cosby is hypocritical criticizing African Americans for their 'behavior" while he was accused of sexual assault and drugging and raping women. Many more women came forward accusing him of drugging and raping them. More than 60 women have accused him of either attempted sexual assault, rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, which he had denied, and the statute of limitations had by then expired in nearly all cases. | ||
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==Impact on Cosby's legacy== | |||
Joan Tarshis, who had accused Cosby of raping her, within a Salon.com article, compared Cosby's damaged legacy to that of [[O.J. Simpson]], saying "When you hear O.J. Simpson's name, you don't think 'Oh, great football player'. That doesn't come to mind first. I'm thinking it's not going to be 'Oh, great comedian'. It's going to be 'Oh, serial rapist'." | |||
In 2015, ''Ebony'' magazine released an issue with Cosby's allegations as the cover story, discussing the importance of ''The Cosby Show'' and if it is possible to separate Bill Cosby from Cliff Huxtable. The cover depicted a photograph of The Huxtables with a cracked frame, symbolizing the show's damaged and complicated legacy. | |||
''Rolling Stone'' placed Cosby's concert film ''Bill Cosby: Himself'' as number 8 on its list of "The 25 Best Stand-Up Specials of All Time", acknowledging the significance of the film while still saying "Yes, it's damned near impossible to watch anything the tainted comedian has done and not think of the headlines, the heckling, the revelations and what is, by any definition, monstrous behavior." They also placed Cosby at number 8 on their list of "The Best Stand-up Comics Of All Time", saying "Bill Cosby is not likely to perform again; listening to his records will never have that gentle, sweet sense of nostalgia for anyone; and while it is impossible to disconnect the performer from the man, scrubbing his name from the annals of stand-up would be impossible." | |||
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