A jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexual misconduct yesterday.
I'll admit, when the accusations first came out, I didn't believe them. After all, this was a guy who espoused Family Values. Prime Time on Thursdays belonged to good, wholesome, programming, with The Cosby Show, Different World, Cheers, and Night Court, with Hill Street Blues at 10pm. I loved his Fat Albert cartoon in the 70s. Who didn't love his Jello Pudding commercials? His stand up routine?
This Cosby is different. He's swearing at the prosecutor. He's claiming these women are 'f**n' crazy'. One woman last week even ran topless in protest, the names of his accusers written on her body.
Everyone is blackballing him. His shows will not be shown anywhere, no one is coming to the man's defense. Even Keisha Knight-Pulliam refused to talk about him (from what I saw, anyway....maybe it was edited out?) when she was on BB.
A question was posed several weeks ago: Can you separate the ART from the ARTIST? Can an artist be a horrible person, yet have his works revered?
I do hope that one day history will remember Cosby for the GOOD things, not just the fact he is now a convicted rapist.
It breaks my heart to see a childhood icon fall from grace.
UPDATE:
9/28/18: The judge sentenced him to 3-10 years. He was led away in handcuffs.
The man is legally blind and 81 years old, yet a judge actually believes he's still a threat to women? Why not just sentence him to house arrest and live out the rest of his life on the sexual predator list?
"He was being held up as an example...."
To quote a good friend....."It's a sad time to be a man these days."
