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Bill Cosby Blasts 'Grossly Immoral' Judge Who Sentenced Him
Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby is living well below his best life. So in his quest to overturn his conviction for sexual assault, he’s decided to unload on the judge who presided over his case. USA Today reports that in an opinion filed on Tuesday, Judge Stephen O’Neill said that he allowed five other accusers to…
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Camille Cosby Calls Husband’s Verdict ‘Mob Justice’
Last week, Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault during his retrial on sexual assault and drugging charges in Pennsylvania, and the 80-year-old now faces up to 10 years in jail. But in today’s standing-by-her-man news, his wife, Camille Cosby, wrote a three-page statement about the guilty verdict her Quaalude-dropping…
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Bill Cosby’s Name and Statue Have Been Removed From the Television Academy Hall of Fame
Bill Cosby was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992 in a ceremony at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., but a week after he was found guilty of sexual assault by a jury in Norristown, Pa., his name and likeness have been removed from the Hall of Fame. According to the…
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Marsha Warfield Says She’s Ashamed of Not Sharing Bill Cosby Rumors Sooner
Actor and comedian Marsha Warfield, best known as Roz from Night Court, has used social media in the past to make some impactful statements. In December 2017 she came out as a gay woman, noting that her mother only wanted her to do so after she had died. In a more recent Facebook post, Warfield talks…
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Bill Cosby’s Legacy Is Now Shit. Throw That Baby Out With the Bathwater
You know what conversation is confusing? This one: Bill Cosby has now been convicted of doing exactly what he said he did—please go read the deposition again—and there is a legion of people who want to make sure that we still acknowledge that Cosby has done a lot for the black community. I don’t know…
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How Bill Cosby Divided Black America
Editor’s note: In the wake of the Cosby verdict, former Ebony Editor-in-Chief Kierna Mayo reflects on her “shattered glass” Cosby Show cover and how it highlighted a great divide. Wednesday, when the news broke, my stomach reacted first. I was home writing when the CNN ticker flashed: COSBY FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. The rush…
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Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree Is Rescinded by Temple University
Temple University announced Friday that in light of Bill Cosby’s conviction on sexual assault charges, the institution would be rescinding the honorary degree it bestowed upon him in 1991. A brief statement on the university’s website said: In 1991, based on his career achievements, Temple awarded an honorary degree to William Cosby. Yesterday, Dr. Cosby…
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TV Network Bounces Cosby Show From Lineup Following Guilty Verdict
Bounce TV, a network geared toward African-American viewers, has removed reruns of The Cosby Show from its lineup following Bill Cosby’s conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault Thursday afternoon. Deadline reports that the move to drop the classic 1980s sitcom was announced by the digital network in a statement Thursday. “Effective immediately,…
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Aggravated Indecent Assault
On Thursday a jury in Norristown, Pa., that consisted of seven men and five women found Bill Cosby guilty of aggravated indecent assault after 14 hours of deliberation. Cosby was on trial for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. During the trial, five women testified against the 80-year-old comedian…