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Jaleel White Speaks Out on His Relationship With Former Mentor Bill Cosby
Jaleel White, the actor who hilariously portrayed America’s favorite and arguably original awkward Black boy Steve Urkel on Family Matters, is opening up about his relationship with his former mentor, Bill Cosby. Per Entertainment Weekly, White recalled the moment he was first introduced to Cosby on Sunday night’s episode of TV One’s Uncensored, noting that…
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How Does Phylicia Rashad Feel About People Who Can No Longer Watch The Cosby Show Due to Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction?
It’s been about five years since Phylicia Rashad’s comments about the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and misconduct prompted a flurry of discussion, debate and disappointment—and now, she’s speaking out once again. In 2015, the quote “forget these women” made the rounds in the news cycle, in reference to Rashad’s interview with…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows Bill Cosby to Appeal 2018 Sexual Assault Conviction
Pennsylvania’s highest court has decided to give Bill Cosby another chance, about 6 months after his initial appeal request was denied. According to CBS Philadelphia, the court granted the 82-year-old an opportunity to appeal his 2018 sexual assault conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. Back in December, the…
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Melted My Little Pony Tekashi69 Gets Early Release Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Rapper Tekashi69 was released from federal prison on Thursday because his asthma puts him at heightened risk for developing severe symptoms to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The New York Times reports that U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayor confirmed that the pandemic presented “extraordinary and compelling reasons” for a compassionate release. Engelmayor, who…
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Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years, Silencing Cosby Defenders and Everyone Who Was Gonna Buy NBC
Harvey Weinstein, previously known as a scapegoat to rape apologists everywhere, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. Other than the sentencing duration itself, the lede here is that the one-time Hollywood heavyweight’s sentence is much longer than Bill Cosby’s. (Shout-out to The Root’s Michael Harriot for the headline assist, by the way.) As…
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A Eulogy for 'But What About Harvey Weinstein, Tho?'
We regret to inform you that “But What About Harvey Weinstein, Tho?”—the bizarre and increasingly popular defense of R. Kelly, Russell Simmons, Bill Cosby and any other black man some (idiots) feel has been unfairly persecuted and scapegoated by the media, feminists, black women, SANS (simp-ass niggas), Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, and the Illuminati—has died…
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Where Misplaced Loyalty and Misogynoir Collide: On Snoop, Cosby, and Why Protecting Black Women Always Seems the Last Priority
It was another ritualistic dragging on social media this week, as Black Twitter read Gayle King for filth for daring to ask WNBA veteran Lisa Leslie about the darker side of Kobe Bryant’s legacy (his 2003 sexual assault charge, which was subsequently dismissed and settled out of court) during an interview on CBS This Morning.…
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Bill ‘We Cannot Blame White People’ Cosby Accuses Eddie Murphy of ‘Cooning’ in Statement Regarding SNL Joke
Eddie Murphy appeared to have the best time of his life during his return to Saturday Night Live—his first as host since 1984—and naturally, his appearance was not without controversy. During his opening monologue, Murphy referenced Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, for which he was sentenced to at least three years in prison. “But if…
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Court Denies Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction Appeal
Welp, it looks like Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction is ironclad. Cosby, 82, sought to appeal his 2018 conviction for the 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand. At the appeal hearings, which began in August, Cosby’s lawyers argued that five additional witnesses shouldn’t have been allowed to testify in the 2018 trial and that the…
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Bill Cosby Shares More Pound Cake From Prison
In a wide-ranging interview that spanned multiple phone calls, prisoner number NN7687 spoke out on his refusal to admit guilt, his time behind bars, black families, his accusers, Michael Eric Dyson, the infamous “Pound Cake Speech” and how he might have stopped a prison murder. Over three 15-minute phone conversations, 82-year-old incarcerated comedian Bill Cosby…