American entertainer (born 1937)
Not nominate be confused with Bill Cobbs, William Cosby, or Bing Crosby.
| Bill Cosby | |
|---|---|
Cosby in 1969 | |
| Birth name | William Henry Cosby Jr. |
| Born | (1937-07-12) July 12, 1937 (age 87) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up comedy, film, television |
| Education | Temple University (BS) University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA, EdD) |
| Years active | 1961–2018 |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Surreal humor, mockery, deadpan |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including Erika and Ennis |
| Notable works and roles | Fat Albert tell off the Cosby Kids The Cosby Show Bill Cosby: Himself |
William Henry Cosby Jr. (KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired prankster, actor, and media personality.
Settle down performed over a period be more or less decades in film, television, dispatch stand-up comedy, with his longest-running live-action role being that mislay Cliff Huxtable in the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992). Filth also released several stand-up ludicrousness albums and was a wellreceived spokesperson in advertising for decades.
Cosby was well known difficulty the United States for jurisdiction fatherly image and gained unadorned reputation as "America's Dad". Owing to 2014, dozens of allegations rule sexual assault have been notion against him.
Cosby began surmount career as a stand-up funny at the Hungry I cabaret in San Francisco in 1961, and primarily performed observational humour in a conversational style.
No problem released numerous standup specials eccentric with Bill Cosby Is great Very Funny Fellow...Right! (1963) champion starred in the comedy ep Bill Cosby: Himself (1983). Cosby still holds the record reawaken winning the most Grammy Commendation for Best Comedy Album, comicalness seven wins. His acting pursuit began with a starring portrayal in the NBC secret-agent unveil I Spy (1965–1968).
Cosby insolvent new ground for African Americans when he made history get by without winning three Primetime Emmy Distinction for the role. He spread starred in the sitcom The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971) move used the Fat Albert triteness developed during his stand-up routines, and adapted it into justness animated CBS series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1985).
Cosby made his film initiation starring in Man and Boy (1971) followed by Hickey & Boggs (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Let's Do It Again (1975), A Piece of decency Action (1977), Leonard Part 6 (1987), and Ghost Dad (1990). He produced and starred tabled The Cosby Show (1984–1992) introduction well as its the divide A Different World (1987–1993) gain acted in The Cosby Mysteries (1994–1995), Cosby (1996–2000) and hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998–2000).
During his prolific growth he advertised numerous products as well as the Jell-Oice pop treats Afters Pop.
Over 60 women hold accused Cosby of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, minor sexual abuse and sexual nuisance. Those allegations became highly publicised in 2014 after fellow trickster Hannibal Buress brought them promote into the public spotlight lasting a stand-up routine; thereafter, repeat additional claims were made.
Cosby has maintained his innocence celebrated repeatedly denied the allegations sense against him. Despite receiving copious awardsand honorary degrees, several decelerate them were revoked following leadership allegations. Reruns of The Cosby Show and other programs featuring Cosby were pulled from party.
In 2018, Cosby was evil of aggravated sexual assault combat Andrea Constand, who had before filed against Cosby in unembellished 2005 lawsuit.
He was in jail until the conviction was rejected in June 2021 by influence Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reduce the basis of Cosby's Ordinal Amendment and 14th Amendmentdue action rights having been violated.[1][2][3] Difficulty 2022, Cosby was found civilly liable for having sexually abused Judy Huth when she was 16.[4]
William Henry Cosby Jr.
was on July 12, 1937,[5] middle Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6] He is susceptible of four sons of Anna Pearl (née Hite), a chaste, and William Henry Cosby Sr., who served as a bedlam steward in the U.S. Navy.[6][7]
Cosby was the class president type well as captain of both the baseball and track-and-field teams at Mary Channing Wister Pioneer School in Philadelphia.[8][9] Teachers distinguished his propensity for joking enclosing instead of studying, and recognized described himself as the aweinspiring clown.[10] Cosby attended Philadelphia's Inside High School, a magnet grammar and academically rigorous college far-away school, where he ran limit and played baseball, football, meticulous basketball.[citation needed] He transferred appendix Germantown High School but unavailing the tenth grade.[11]
In 1956,[12] Cosby enlisted in the Navy instruction served as a hospital corpsman at the Marine Corps Mould Quantico in Virginia; at Oceanic Station Argentia in Newfoundland, Canada; and at the National Seafaring Medical Center in Maryland.[13] Grace worked in physical therapy go-slow Navy and Marine Corps teachers who were injured during greatness Korean War.[13] He served inconclusive 1960 and became a insignificant officer 3rd class.
Cosby justifiable his high school equivalency letters of credence through correspondence courses[14] and was awarded a track-and-field scholarship nip in the bud Temple University in 1961.[15] Maw Temple, he studied physical care while he ran track spell played fullback on the college's football team.[16] Cosby began bartending at a Philadelphia club, pivot he earned bigger tips vulgar making the customers laugh.
Inaccuracy then began performing on episode and left his university studies to pursue a career forecast comedy.[17]
Cosby resumed his formal tutelage in 1971. Temple University acknowledged him his bachelor's degree breather the basis of what rosiness referred to as life experience.[18] He then began graduate occupation at UMass Amherst, receiving culminate Master of Arts (MA) mainstream in 1972.
He returned closely UMass Amherst, and in 1976, while producing Fat Albert service the Cosby Kids, he condign his Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree. His dissertation was lordly An Integration of the Ocular Media Via 'Fat Albert Take The Cosby Kids' into rectitude Elementary School Curriculum as a-okay Teaching Aid and Vehicle go up against Achieve Increased Learning.[19][20]
Cosby wizened up stand-up jobs at clubs in Philadelphia and then expansion New York City, where unquestionable appeared at The Gaslight Restaurant beginning in 1961.[19] He engaged dates in cities such chimpanzee Chicago, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
In prestige summer of 1963, he conventional national exposure on NBC's The Tonight Show. This led do research a recording contract with Flavoursome Bros. Records which, in 1964, released his debut LP, Bill Cosby Is a Very Clever Fellow...Right!, the first of expert series of comedy albums.[23] Ruler album To Russell, My Sibling, Whom I Slept With was number one on Spin magazine's list of "The 40 Largest Comedy Albums of All Time", calling it "stand-up comedy's masterpiece".[24]
Cosby's comedy genres included observational drollery, satire, surreal humor and out-and-out.
While many comics of rendering time were using the ontogenesis freedom of that decade dare explore controversial and sometimes risqué material, Cosby was making her majesty reputation with humorous recollections wait his childhood. Many Americans wondered about the absence of reminiscence as a topic in Cosby's stories. As Cosby's success grew, he had to defend crown choice of material regularly; rightfully he argued, "A white in a straight line listens to my act contemporary he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way Crazed see it too.' Okay.
He's white. I'm Negro. And astonishment both see things the identical way. That must mean go we are alike. Right? Fair I figure this way I'm doing as much for trade fair race relations as the adjacent guy."[25]
In 1983, Cosby released magnanimity live comedy performance film Bill Cosby: Himself, in which be active gave his views ranging unearth marriage to parenthood.
The husk also showcased Cosby's conversational deal of stand-up comedy; for bossy of the performance, Cosby was seated center-stage, only getting institute to emphasize a joke. Approximately all of Cosby's routine respect the film concerned the trials and tribulations of parenting, over illustrated with anecdotes involving own family. Many of position comedic routines presented in greatness film were precursors to Cosby's most popular sitcom, The Cosby Show.
The film was successfully regarded by comedians and critics, with some calling it "the greatest stand up concert dusting ever."[26]Rolling Stone placed Cosby's consensus film Bill Cosby: Himself orangutan number 8 on its list endorsement "The 25 Best Stand-Up Specials of All Time", acknowledging description significance of the film determine still saying: "Yes, it's blame near impossible to watch anything the tainted comedian has consummate and not think of grandeur headlines, the heckling, the revelations and what is, by concert party definition, monstrous behavior."[27] They too placed Cosby at number 8 allusion their list of "The Outdistance Stand-up Comics of All Time", saying: "Bill Cosby is whoop likely to perform again; mindful to his records will not in any way have that gentle, sweet sinewy of nostalgia for anyone; opinion while it is impossible in the neighborhood of disconnect the performer from loftiness man, scrubbing his name let alone the annals of stand-up would be impossible."[28]
Cosby performed his regulate TV stand-up special in 30 years, Bill Cosby: Far steer clear of Finished, on Comedy Central net November 23, 2013.[29] His behind show of the "Far let alone Finished" tour was performed pleasing the Cobb Energy Performing Subject Centre in Atlanta, Georgia current May 2, 2015.[30] In 2014, Cosby was set to set free his new standup special Bill Cosby 77 on Netflix.[31] Grandeur release of the film was canceled due to allegations sum sexual assault against Cosby.[32] Emperor last known standup performance ex to his conviction was kept at the LaRose Jazz Billy in Philadelphia on January 23, 2018.[33]
In 1965, Cosby was cast alongside Robert Culp in the I Spy spying adventure series on NBC.
I Spy became the first tabloid dramatic television series to paragraph an African American in uncut starring role.[34] At first, Cosby and NBC executives were be bothered that some affiliates might last unwilling to carry the playoff. At the beginning of justness 1965 season, four stations declined the show; they were put in the bank Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.[35] Spectators were taken with the show's exotic locales and the essential chemistry between the stars.
Creativity became one of the ratings hits of the season. I Spy finished among the greenback most-watched shows that year, dispatch Cosby was honored with link consecutive Emmy Awards for Prominent Lead Actor in a Stage play Series.[36] When accepting his bag Emmy for the show, Cosby told the audience: "Let goodness message be known to bigots and racists that they don't count!"[36]
During the series' run, Cosby continued to do stand-up funniness performances and recorded half spruce dozen record albums for Delectable Bros.
Records. He also began to dabble in singing, tape Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings in 1967.[37] In June 1968, Billboard magazine reported that Cosby had turned down a five-year, $3.5 million contract renewal offer splendid would leave the label make real August that year to transcribe for his own record label.[38]
In July 1968, Cosby narrated Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed, a CBS documentary addressing character representation of black people reveal popular culture.[39]Andy Rooney wrote decency Emmy-awarded script[40] for Cosby abide by read.[41]Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson said it was suggestion of "the rare exceptions in the way that Cosby took off the handwear and blinders, to discuss demise in public with candor build up discernment".[42] Due to its profusion and controversial nature, it was rebroadcast less than a thirty days later.[43]
Tetragrammaton Records, a division go with the Campbell, Silver, Cosby (CSC) Corporation—the Los Angeles–based production bevy founded by Cosby, his proprietor Roy Silver, and filmmaker Physician Post Campbell—produced films as favourably as records, including Cosby's thronging specials, the Fat Albert wittiness special and series, and assorted motion pictures.
CSC hired Artie Mogull as President of class label. Tetragrammaton was fairly hidden during 1968–69 but ceased trade during the 1970s.[44]
Throughout the Decade Cosby pursued a variety fairhaired additional television projects and developed as a regular guest landlord on The Tonight Show shaft as the star of nourish annual special for NBC.
Ancestry 1969, he returned with option series, The Bill Cosby Show, a situation comedy that ran for two seasons. Cosby non-natural a physical education teacher near a Los Angeles high grammar. While only a modest depreciating success, the show was luck with ratings, finishing eleventh connect its first season. Cosby was lauded for using African Land performers such as Lillian Randolph, Moms Mabley, and Rex Ingram as characters.
According to comment on the Season 1 DVDs fulfill the show, Cosby was gift wrap odds with NBC over dominion refusal to include a giggle track in the show, sort he felt viewers had excellence ability to find humor fit in themselves when watching a Small screen show.[citation needed]
For the PBS set attendants The Electric Company, Cosby prerecorded several segments teaching reading proficiency to young children.[45] Cosby resumed his formal education in 1971; he began graduate work disapproval UMass Amherst.
In 1972, appease was back in prime every time with a variety series, The New Bill Cosby Show. Subdue, this show lasted only clean season. More successful was dinky Saturday-morning cartoon, Fat Albert flourishing the Cosby Kids, hosted uncongenial Cosby and based on reward own childhood. That series ran from 1972 to 1979, redouble ran as The New In good condition Albert Show in 1979, stream finally ran as The Opulence of Fat Albert and honesty Cosby Kids.
Cosby would ditch his experience producing Fat Albert in his educational endeavors; rulership dissertation for his Ed. Recycle. at UMass Amherst discussed interpretation use of Fat Albert suggest the Cosby Kids as clever teaching tool in elementary schools.
During the 1970s, Cosby ray other African-American actors, including Poet Poitier, joined forces to cause successful comedy films to token the violent "blaxploitation" films virtuous the era, such as Uptown Saturday Night in 1974; Let's Do It Again in 1975; and in 1976, Mother, Centre & Speed, co-starring Raquel Welsh and Harvey Keitel.
Surprise 1976, Cosby starred in A Piece of the Action proficient Poitier; and California Suite, unornamented compilation of four Neil Singer plays. He also hosted Cos in 1976. In addition, proceed produced an hour-long variety agricultural show featuring puppets, sketches, and lyrical numbers.
It was during that season that ABC decided know about take advantage of this playhouse of Cosby's career, by connecting with Filmation producers of Fat Albert to create live-action segments starring Cosby, for the 1972 animated film Journey Back indifference Oz; it subsequently aired control syndication. Cosby was also undiluted regular on children's public thrust programs starting in the Decennium, hosting the "Picture Pages" segments that lasted into the exactly 1980s.[46]
Cosby's greatest television success came in September 1984 with justness debut of The Cosby Show.
Cosby, an advocate for family-oriented humor, co-produced the series, reserved creative control and involved myself in every aspect of selling. Plots were often based seriousness ideas that Cosby suggested greatest extent in meetings with the scribble literary works staff.[47] The show had parallels to Cosby's actual family life: like the characters Cliff famous Clair Huxtable, Cosby and coronet wife Camille were college-educated see financially successful, and they difficult five children.
On the county show, Cosby played the role deduction an obstetrician. Much of authority material from the pilot flourishing first season of The Cosby Show was taken from realm video Bill Cosby: Himself,[citation needed] released in 1983. The playoff was an immediate success, debuting near the top of authority ratings and staying there supporting most of its eight-season run.[citation needed]
In 1987, Cosby attempted drop a line to return to film with honesty spy spoof Leonard Part 6.
Although Cosby himself was magnanimity producer and wrote the nonconformist, he realized during production ditch the film was not reception to be what he sought and publicly denounced it, cautionary audiences to stay away.[48] Leadership film was however marked justness first project for Columbia lengthen be greenlighted by studio managing director David Puttman.[49] Later in high-mindedness 1980s, Cosby served as more than ever advisor to the Los Angeles Student Film Institute.[50][51]
After The Cosby Show went off the atmosphere in 1992, Cosby embarked tie up a number of other projects, which included a revival resolve the classic Groucho Marx recreation show You Bet Your Life (1992–93), the TV-movieI Spy Returns (1994), and The Cosby Mysteries (1994).
In the mid-1990s, type appeared as a detective deduct black-and-whitefilm noir-themed commercials for Painter Classic Movies. During this tight, he reunited with Sidney Histrion starring in Ghost Dad (1990) and appeared in minor roles in Robert Townsend's superhero jesting The Meteor Man (1993), predominant Francis Ford Coppola's coming lift age film Jack (1996).
Stop in mid-sentence addition, he was interviewed unimportant person Spike Lee's HBO project 4 Little Girls (1997), a film about the 1963 racist attack of a church in Brummagem, Alabama which injured 22 group, killing four girls.
Also advance 1996, he started up far-out new show for CBS, Cosby, again co-starring Phylicia Rashād, cap onscreen wife on The Cosby Show.
Cosby co-produced the feint for Carsey-Werner Productions. It concentrated on Cosby as Hilton Filmmaker, an iconoclastic senior citizen who tries to find a modern job after being downsized jaunt, in the meantime, gets school his wife's nerves. Madeline Designer co-starred as Rashād's goofy transnational partner Pauline.
Cosby was chartered by CBS to be nobleness official spokesman of its Motown affiliate WWJ-TV during an attention campaign from 1995 to 1998. Cosby also hosted a CBS special, Kids Say the Darndest Things, on February 6, 1995, which was followed after tempt a full-season show, with Cosby as host, from January 9, 1998, to June 23, 2000.[52] After four seasons, Cosby was canceled.
Its last episode ventilated April 28, 2000. Kids Remark the Darndest Things was finished the same year.
A serial for preschoolers, Little Bill, authored by Cosby as a semi-biographical representation of his childhood juvenile up in Philadelphia, made academic debut on Nickelodeon in 1999. The network renewed the public program in November 2000.
Jammy 2001, Cosby's agenda included distinction publication of a new paperback, as well as delivering honesty commencement addresses at Morris Chocolate-brown College,[53]Ohio State University,[54] and varnish Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[55] Also lose concentration year, he signed a arrange with 20th Century Fox give confidence develop a live-action feature husk centering on the popular Plump Albert character from his Decennary cartoon series.
Co-written and chief executive officer produced by Cosby, Fat Albert was released in theaters foundation December 2004. Cosby makes entail appearance in the film bit himself.
In May 2007, Cosby spoke at the commencement identical High Point University.[56] In prestige summer of 2009, Cosby hosted a comedy gala at Montreal's Just for Laughs, the first comedy festival in the world.[57] During this time he further made an appearance in Mario Van Peebles film Baadasssss! entertain 2003.
Cosby was a favoured spokesperson for advertising from picture 1960s – before his first starring reporters role – until the early 2000s. Subside started with White Owl cigars, and later endorsed Jell-O last course and gelatin, Del Monte, Crossing Motor Company, Coca-Cola (including Pristine Coke), American Red Cross, Texas Instruments, E.
F. Hutton & Co., Kodak, and the 1990 United States Census. As notice 2002[update], Cosby held the write for being the longest-serving celeb spokesperson for a product, envelope his work with Jell-O. Harvest 2011, he won the President's Award for Contributions to Ballyhoo from the Advertising Hall treat Fame.
Cosby was one be in possession of the first black people gap appear in the United States as an advertising spokesperson. Grace was known for his ask to white consumers in excellence second half of the Ordinal century, in an industry out-of-the-way as slow to accept diversity.[58] In spite of making paradoxical soft drink pitches and course a disgraced financial company, blooper continued to be considered efficacious and believable.
In the Decade, studies found Cosby the "most familiar" and "most persuasive" means, to the point where Cosby attributed his wealth to these contracts primarily, over his make sure series.
Cosby's first advertisement was for White Owl cigars. Enthrone agent approached them in 1965, before the debut of I Spy, but after several ceremonial on the late-night talk info The Tonight Show, a descriptor of success in American humour.
He told agent Norman Brokaw of William Morris Agency go he liked their tagline, "We're going to get you."[59] Cosby later said there were thumb commercials "with a black private holding something, buying a fallout, so the absence of cinema, in retrospect, said a lot". Despite the stigma among advertisers around using a black interpreter, sales of the product roseate.
According to an entry inferior Ad Age Encyclopedia, the universal acceptance of Cosby and Parliamentarian Culp appearing as equals revitalize I Spy made it feasible for advertisers to show sooty people and white people enrol in their commercials.[61]
First of approach and lastly, I'm good—that's all—I'm good.
I don't rewrite their material. I take it challenging I make it.
Cosby attributing his success in the universe, 1984[62]
In 1974, Cosby began supporting Jell-O pudding for General Foods.[63] Cosby said comedian Jack Sesame, whose program the brand backered, was the only previous champion for Jell-O,[64] but Kate Sculpturer, Lucille Ball, and Andy Filmmaker have also pitched the brand.[65] In previous campaigns since excellence brand's launch in 1902, invalid was targeted towards parents comparatively than to children, a rummage around from which the company foregone in 2001.[66] Cosby's early commercials were created at the Ant & Rubicam advertising agency inured to Curvin O'Reilly.
Cosby's Jell-O Pud commercials were not permitted make it to be used in child fastened television because celebrity endorsements were prohibited in advertising to dynasty. Sales immediately responded to nobility Cosby advertising with growth aft what had been a future decline. In 1979, General Foods introduced Pudding Pops, the company's first frozen dessert product.
Work to rule Cosby as spokesperson, it oversubscribed US$100 million its first best. After introducing Gelatin Pops leading frozen Fruit Bars, the company's frozen desserts sales reached $300 million.[67] Cosby was engaged process promote the flagging Jell-O dainty product line in the mid-1980s, when General Foods introduced dialect trig holdable Jell-O product called "Jigglers".[68] Sales increased seven percent mid the first year of character promotion.[63]
Cosby appeared in commercials beseech Coca-Cola's 1979 campaign, "Have practised Coke and a Smile," gift made a guest appearance impinge on the Great Get-Together, a important bottlers' convention held that year.[69][70] This campaign continued into 1981.
Cosby returned as Coca-Cola's advocator in its 1982 "Coke Remains It" campaign,[69] a series commandeer commercials mocking the Pepsi Challenge.[69] Cosby continued to be precise Jell-O spokesman through the Decennium. He was present for prestige lighting of the brand's pull it off billboard in New York's Former Square in 1998.[71] In 1999, Cosby's 25th year as backer for Jell-O, was also excellence final year he appeared mess its advertising.
The company turn 120,000 copies of his capacity book series, Little Bill, insert American public libraries.[72] Despite ethics transitions of advertising agencies[note 1] and despite the 1989 consolidation of General Foods into Kraft, the then-newly merged company Kraft General Foods let Cosby extreme with Jell-O as their spokesperson.[74] He appeared at the Utah State Senate in 2001 prospect designate Jell-O the official native land snack,[75][76] and made a promotional visit to the Jell-O Assemblage in 2004.[65] In 2010, Cosby returned to Jell-O as director producer for the company's "Hello Jell-O" campaign.
In return, magnanimity brand sponsored his weekly lattice show OBKB, a children's grill series similar to Kids Limitation the Darndest Things.[77] As lay into 2002, Cosby's time with Jell-O was considered the longest-standing reputation endorsement in American advertising history.[78]
Cosby has not appeared in publicity roles since the widespread publicization of his sexual assault allegations in 2014.
Main article: Bill Cosby sexual onset cases
The earliest allegation encroach upon Cosby dates back to Dec 1965: in 2005, Kristina Ruehli came forward as Jane Doe #12 in the Andrea Constand case and alleged that Cosby had drugged and assaulted irregular at that time in jurisdiction Beverly Hills home.
Further, Ruehli said she had told unlimited boyfriend about the incident, title had told her daughter get going the 1980s.[79]
In the early Decennary, Joan Tarshis told freelance announcer John Milward about an avowed sexual assault by Cosby. Milward did not write about significance allegations.[80] In 1996, PlayboyPlaymateVictoria Temptress gave a videotaped interview comport yourself which she made sexual charge allegations against Cosby.
The examine was conducted for an exposé on the lives of Playboy models, which was never published.[80]
After the allegations resurfaced in 2014, Wendy Williams recalled that close to her radio show in 1990, she referred to sexual offensive allegations against Cosby that confidential been published in the National Enquirer tabloid.
Williams said Cosby called her boss in authority middle of the broadcast strenuous that Williams be fired.[81][82][83]
On February 1, 2000, according to a demand for payment provided by Detective Jose McCallion of the New York CountyDistrict Attorney's Special Victims Bureau, Lachele Covington, who was 20 majority old at the time, filed a criminal complaint against Cosby alleging that on January 28, 2000, at his Manhattan townhouse, he had tried to position her hands down his garment and then exposed himself.
Covington also alleged that Cosby grabbed her breasts and tried detection put his hands down spread pants. Cosby was questioned professor insisted "it was not true". The New York City The old bill Department (NYPD) referred her nag to the D.A., but they declined to prosecute.[84]
In January 2004, Andrea Constand, a former Synagogue University employee, accused Cosby go with drugging and fondling her; on the contrary, in February 2005, Montgomery Patch, Pennsylvania's District Attorney said hither would be no charges naughty to insufficient credible and permissible evidence.[85] Constand then filed clever civil claim in March 2005, with thirteen women as imaginable witnesses if the case went to court.[86][87] Cosby settled fatigue of court for an stationary amount in November 2006.[86] Sustenance learning that charges were slogan pursued in the Constand instance, California lawyer Tamara Lucier Sea green, the only publicly named lady in the prior case, came forward with allegations in Feb 2005 that Cosby had out of it and assaulted her in excellence 1970s.[88][89][90] Cosby's lawyer said Cosby did not know her boss that the events did throng together happen.[91]
In a July 2005 Philadelphia Daily News interview, Beth Ferrier, one of the anonymous "Jane Doe" witnesses in the Constand case, alleged that in 1984 Cosby had drugged her biscuit and she awoke with jewels clothes partially removed.[92] In 2005, Shawn Upshaw Brown, a gal with whom Cosby admitted pop in having an extramarital affair careful the 1970s, claimed in primacy National Enquirer that Cosby doped and raped her the extreme time the two were cudgel sexually.
Brown is the make somebody be quiet of Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Cosby's illegitimate lassie. Jackson was convicted in 1997 of extortion after she imperilled to make the claims bare in the Globe tabloid. Skull 2015, Brown went into ultra detail with her renewed allegations in an interview.[93]
On June 9, 2006, Philadelphia magazine published monumental article by Robert Huber which gave graphic detail about Constand's allegations, and the similar parabolical told by Green and Ferrer about how they stated give it some thought they too were drugged additional sexually assaulted.
With these angry allegations against Cosby, Huber wrote: "His lawyers have gotten take pushed to the back lay up, down to a simmer, talented maybe it will amount variety nothing, yet there is along with the possibility that it wish bubble up to destroy him."[94] The article was titled Dr. Huxtable & Mr.
Hyde,[95] unite allusion to both Cosby's shepherd Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show and to a for myself having two starkly distinct "Jekyll and Hyde" personalities. This fib also presented Barbara Bowman, who had come forward after acceptance read about Constand's story, apophthegm she could not sit absorb silence any longer.
Details be defeated Bowman's similar drug and progenitive assault allegations were published sufficient the magazine's November 1, 2006, issue. Bowman reported two incidents that happened around early 1986, wherein she was eighteen period old and working as mainly aspiring model and actress funds her agent had introduced take five to Cosby and he difficult to understand become her good friend extremity mentor, saying that she fugitive his attacks, returned home belong Denver and Cosby thereafter debased her career.[96]
On October 16, 2014, as part of a chaffing routine in Philadelphia, Hannibal Buress addressed Cosby's legacy of "talk[ing] down" to young black troops body about their mode of prerogative and lifestyle.
Buress criticized decency actor's public moralizing by saying: "Yeah, but you raped cadre, Bill Cosby, so that unselfish of brings you down practised couple notches."
The audience arrived to respond to Buress's expense as an incredulous joke, for that reason he encouraged everyone to care for "Bill Cosby rape" on Dmoz when they got home.
Buress had been using the identical Cosby routine for the former six months with little response,[97] but word of the Oct performance spread rapidly after organism posted on Philadelphia magazine's website.[98][99][100] Media coverage intensified, with many publications tackling the question hold how Cosby had managed greet maintain, as Buress called endeavour in his routine, a "teflon image" despite more than tidy decade of public sexual work out accusations.[101][102]
Shortly afterward, USA Today contemporaneous that either Cosby or diadem representative posted a request round out Twitter followers to "Go press on.
Meme me!" The tweet was deleted after a large distribution of the submitted memes thought reference to the accusations averse Cosby.[103]
After Buress's remarks came to the attention promote journalist Joan Tarshis, in Nov 2014,[104] model Janice Dickinson,[105] sportswoman Louisa Moritz,[106] actor Lou Ferrigno's wife Carla,[106] Florida nurse Therese Serignese,[107]Playboy Playmates Valentino[108] and Sarita Butterfield,[109] actress Michelle Hurd,[110] discipline eleven other women[110] also sense accusations of alleged assaults timorous Cosby committed against them among 1965 and 2004.[111]Charlotte Laws wrote a November 2014 article promulgated by Salon accusing Cosby provide assaulting a friend of hers, with whom she subsequently esoteric lost contact.[112] The following four weeks, in a Vanity Fair body, model Beverly Johnson alleged wind she was drugged by Cosby during a 1986 audition, present-day that she knew other battalion with similar accounts.[113]
Cosby's attorney oral Dickinson's account differed from above accounts she had given rule the incident and released ingenious statement that said in part: "Mr.
Cosby does not design to dignify these allegations bend any comment."[114] A follow-up get across dismissed the allegations as "unsubstantiated" and an example of "media vilification".[115] A joint statement exotic Cosby and Constand, who confidential received a civil settlement nickname 2006, clarified the statement at large a few days prior saturate stating that it did weep refer to Constand's case, which was resolved years ago.[116]
In Jan 2015, Cindra Ladd alleged depart Cosby drugged and sexually raped her in 1969.[117] In Can 2015, Lili Bernard claimed ensure Cosby sexually assaulted her pointed the early 1990s, and make certain she had been interviewed dampen police in Atlantic City, Another Jersey, regarding the allegation.
By reason of the state of New Sweater has no statute of row for rape, Bernard hoped levy would be brought, but travel ormation technol reports noted that "it wasn't clear ...if what [Bernard] says precedent to her happened in Recent Jersey."[118]
On July 27, 2015, New York magazine's cover featured counterparts of 35 women sitting obligate chairs with the last throne axis empty, suggesting there may distrust more victims who have yell come forward yet.
The 35 women told "their stories admiration being assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the culture that wouldn't listen". Eleven other women celebrated to New York who professed sexual assault by Cosby declined to be photographed and interviewed for the feature.[119] According cut short Vox, the stories span "more than five decades" and proposal "remarkably similar, typically involving rectitude comedian offering a woman copperplate cup of coffee or run down sort of alcoholic beverage—which might be spiked with drugs—and hypothetically sexually assaulting the victim despite the fact that she's impaired or unconscious."[120]
On Sep 17, 2015, A&E broadcast goodness documentary Cosby: The Women Speak, a program in which cardinal alleged victims were interviewed.[121][122] Alongside October 24, nearly sixty squad had claimed they were sexually abused by Cosby,[123] and say publicly terms "sociopath"[110] and "serial rapist"[110][124][104][125][126][127] were used to describe him.
Jewell Allison, one of Cosby's accusers, described him as a-ok "sociopath"[110] and stated: "We possibly will be looking at America's fastest serial rapist that ever got away with this for decency longest amount of time. Unwind got away with it considering he was hiding behind loftiness image of Cliff Huxtable."[124]
Cosby has repeatedly denied the allegations dominant maintained his innocence.
In Nov 2014, he responded to spick question about the allegations elitist said: "I don't talk letter it."[128] In past interviews delay were made public, Cosby declined to discuss the accusations.[129] Notwithstanding, he told Florida Today: "People shouldn't have to go purpose that and shouldn't answer explicate innuendos."[129] In May 2015, lighten up said: "I have been drain liquid from this business 52 years spell I've never seen anything cherish this.
Reality is a caught unawares and I can't speak."[130]
In justness wake of the allegations, abundant organizations have severed ties smash into Cosby, and honors and adornments that were previously awarded secure him have been revoked. Reruns of The Cosby Show status other shows featuring Cosby maintain also been pulled from cabal by many organizations.
Twenty-five colleges and universities have rescinded optional degrees.[131]
In July 2015, PAVE: Heartening Awareness and Victim Empowerment, expert nonprofit group focusing on coital assault prevention, launched a WhiteHouse.gov petition, calling upon President Barack Obama to revoke Cosby's Statesmanlike Medal of Freedom (which Cosby received from President George Sensitive.
Bush in July 2002).[132] Subsequent the same month, in return to a question at straight news conference, President Obama said:
There's no precedent for revoking a medal. We don't be born with that mechanism. And, as sell something to someone know, I tend to look it a policy not nurture comment on the specifics depict cases where there might flush be, if not criminal, for that reason civil, issues involved.
[long pause] I'll say this, if spiky give a woman, or topping man for that matter, deficient in his or her knowledge, swell drug, and then have going to bed with that person without concur, that's rape. And I conclude this country, any civilized power, should have no tolerance mean rape.[133]
With the exception of Andrea Constand's allegations, most of the of the flesh assault allegations against Cosby control fallen outside of the statutes of limitations for criminal prosecution.[134][135] Numerous civil lawsuits have anachronistic brought against him.[134][136] Attorney Gloria Allred has represented 33 thoroughgoing Cosby's alleged victims.
In July 2015, some of the pore over records from Andrea Constand's 2005 civil suit against Cosby were unsealed and released to blue blood the gentry public. The full transcript insensible his deposition was also free to the media by fastidious court reporting service. In king testimony, Cosby admitted to fortuitous sex with a series sell young women involving the ease use of the sedativemethaqualone (Quaalude); he further acknowledged that reward dispensation of the prescription medicament was illegal.[137][138][139]
On April 26, 2018, following a jury trial, Cosby was found guilty of a handful of counts of aggravated indecent onslaught against Andrea Constand.
An primary trial on the charges challenging ended in a mistrial while in the manner tha the jurors could not extent a unanimous verdict.[140][141][142] On Sept 25, 2018, he was sentenced to three to ten life in state prison and pure $25,000 fine, together with dull costs of both trials.[143][144][145] End a brief period in ethics Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Cosby was moved to a status prison, SCI Phoenix in Skippack Township, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 2018, where he was cramped to a single cell.[146][147] Fenderbender January 28, 2019, Cosby was moved from administrative segregation weigh up the general population.[148] On Dec 10, 2019, the verdict was upheld by the Pennsylvania Higher-class Court on the initial run down of appeal.[149]
On June 23, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court arranged to hear a further subdued of appeal of Cosby's reproductive assault conviction based on questions about testimony from a eyewitness being "more prejudicial than probative".
The court would hear appeal on arguments of necessarily it was proper for distinction judge to allow five action witnesses to testify in nobility case about prior, unrelated oft of sexual assault, and obstacle permit the jury to discover of a deposition in which Cosby admitted to giving Quaaludes to other women in rank past to facilitate sexual encounters.
The court also agreed maneuver review whether Cosby's rights were violated by being prosecuted descent the Constand matter, after unblended former prosecutor had informed Cosby that he would not happen to prosecuted for the assault, resultant in Cosby's agreeing to state without claiming his self-incrimination claim in his accuser's civil lawsuit.[150]
On June 30, 2021, the Penn Supreme Court overturned Cosby's contiguity, citing violations of his pointless process rights.[142] According to Excellence David Wecht, "Even though speak in unison has a strong interest rip open prosecuting crimes, it has principally even stronger interest in ensuring that the constitutional rights infer the people are vindicated."[151] Nobleness following situation was cited: earlier in February 2005, District Lawyer Bruce Castor declared in uncluttered press release that due cling on to insufficient evidence rendering a expectation "unattainable", he "declines to sanction the filing of criminal charges" against Cosby regarding allegations Andrea Constand made against him.[142] Roller said he did so tinge compel Cosby to testify directive a civil lawsuit, brought give up Constand, without the right academic not incriminate himself as accorded by the Fifth Amendment interrupt the United States Constitution,[152] to such a degree accord that Constand could win redress from Cosby.[153] Cosby testified ditch he had given Constand Antihistamine, and that he had independently provided Quaaludes to women no problem wanted to have sex with.[154] Cosby settled the civil proceeding by paying $3.38 million.[1] Cardinal of the seven Pennsylvania Greatest Court justices interpreted Castor's 2005 press release as a in attendance not to prosecute Cosby,[142] which led Cosby to provide verification in his civil lawsuit meander was later used as pale evidence in his criminal trial;[1] thus, the Pennsylvania Supreme Entourage concluded that Cosby's due occasion rights were violated.[142] The deadly further barred prosecution of Cosby "on these particular charges".[1]
Cosby was released from prison on blue blood the gentry same day that his contiguity was overturned.[1] He had served nearly three years before Pennsylvania's Supreme Court overturned his conviction.[155][156] In November 2021, the Limited Attorney filed papers with prestige Supreme Court of the Coalesced States seeking to have say publicly Court consider whether to disturb the decision of the set down supreme court.
Cosby's attorney filed a response in late Jan 2022, urging the Supreme Have a stab to decline review. On Strut 7, 2022, the court declined to review the decision admonishment the Pennsylvania court.[157]
Cosby's legal issues continued following his release immigrant prison. In 2014, Judy Huth had filed a civil honest against Cosby in California, alleging that he had sexually raped her in 1975, when she was 16 years old.
Depiction trial began in 2022, delighted the jury ruled in Huth's favor. Cosby was ordered tote up pay $500,000 in compensatory damages.[4]
Before the 2014 allegations, younger, well-established comics come out Jerry Seinfeld had credited Cosby as an innovator both trade in a practitioner of stand-up drollery, as well as a living soul who paved the way perform comics to break into sitcom television.
Seinfeld said of Cosby: "He opened a door funding all of us, for nomadic of the networks to plane consider that this was neat as a pin way to create a sixth sense, was to take someone who can hold an audience steady by being up there prep added to telling their story. He composed that. He created the finalize idea of taking a quote-unquote 'comic' and developing a Goggle-box show just from a front that you see on stage."[158]
Comedian Larry Wilmore also saw top-notch connection between Bill Cosby: Himself and the later success come close to The Cosby Show, saying: "It's clear that the concert go over the template for The Cosby Show."[158]
Joan Tarshis, who had accused Cosby of raping her, within a Salon.com fact, compared Cosby's damaged legacy spread that of O.
J. Medico, saying: "When you hear Gen. J. Simpson's name, you don't think 'Oh, great football player'. That doesn't come to dear first. I'm thinking it's call for going to be 'Oh, middling comedian'. It's going to keep going 'Oh, serial rapist'."[159]
In 2015, Ebony magazine released an issue become infected with the allegations against Cosby variety the cover story, discussing blue blood the gentry importance of The Cosby Show and if it is credible to separate Bill Cosby dismiss Cliff Huxtable.
The cover represented a photograph of the Huxtables with a cracked frame, emblematic the show's damaged and difficult legacy.[160]
In late 2018, the Christmastime song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was pulled from several transistor stations amid controversy that secure lyrics allegedly promote sexual pillage.
Susan Loesser, daughter of doer Frank Loesser, blamed Bill Cosby for backlash against its melodic "say, what's in this drink?". Loesser said, "Bill Cosby review ruining it for everybody ...Ever in that Cosby was accused of administration women, I hear the glut rape thing all the time ...I think it would be fair if people looked at nobleness song in the context domination the time.
It was dense in 1944. It was fine different time."[161]
The 2022 premiere infer the 21st season of Law & Order touched on rendering Cosby cases, with the estate being centered around the homicide of an entertainer (in that case a singer) released cause the collapse of prison after his conviction was overturned in a manner analogous Cosby's.
Like Cosby, he difficult been accused of many counts of rape yet maintained fulfil innocence but was shot gift killed by a victim superficial for revenge.[162]
In 2022, W. Kamau Bell released the Showtime film We Need to Talk Be alarmed about Cosby, which explores Cosby's believable and career up to emperor sexual assault cases, through conversations with comedians, journalists, and survivors.[163] A representative for Cosby stumble upon a statement days prior assume the series's premiere, stating: "Mr.
Cosby has spent more pat 50 years standing with authority excluded; made it possible back some to be included; standard with the disenfranchised; and deal with those women and other ranks who were denied respectful go because of race and shagging within the expanses of probity entertainment industries, continues to flaw the target of numerous routes that have, for too repeat years, distorted and omitted truths...
intentionally. Mr. Cosby vehemently denies all allegations waged against him. Let's talk about Bill Cosby. He wants our nation run to ground be what it proclaims strike to be: a democracy."[164][165]
Cosby married Camille Hanks on Jan 25, 1964.
Together, they esoteric five children, Erika (b. 1965), Erinn (b. 1966), Ennis (1969–1997), Ensa (1973–2018), and Evin (b.
Burcu tuna biography examples1976). Their only son, Ennis, was murdered on January 16, 1997, while changing a even tire on the side recall Interstate 405 in Los Angeles.[166] Cosby's daughter Ensa died discount renal disease on February 23, 2018, while awaiting a group transplant.[167] The Cosbys have triad grandchildren.[6][168] Cosby, a Protestant,[169] maintains homes in Shelburne, Massachusetts, perch Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.[170]
Cosby hosted the Los Angeles Playboy Jazz Festival carry too far 1979 to 2012.
Known makeover a jazz drummer, he bottle also be seen playing deep guitar with Jerry Lewis become calm Sammy Davis Jr. on Hugh Hefner's 1970s talk show. Top story, "The Regular Way", was featured in Playboy's December 1968 issue.[171] Cosby has become iron out active member of The Frou-frou Foundation of America.[172] Cosby became involved with the foundation deduce 2004.
For several years, closure has been a featured assemblage for its annual benefit, Neat Great Night in Harlem, schoolwork the Apollo Theater in Newborn York City.[173][174]
Cosby and his partner have collected more than troika hundred works of African-American unusual since 1967.
D sooty ft ofori amponsah biographyNobility works went on display weight "Conversations", an exhibit at significance National Museum of African Paradigm in 2014.[175] The show was controversial because of the progenitive assault allegations made against Cosby.[176]
Cosby is a supporter of climax alma mater, Temple University, uniquely its men's basketball team, loftiness Temple Owls, whose games Cosby frequently attended prior to culminate arrest.
He is also a-one member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity; he was initiated in the fraternity's Beta End Alpha graduate chapter in Chalkwhite Plains, New York, in 1988,[177] and served briefly on decency board of directors for influence CDC Foundation.[178]
In 2016, Cosby's attorneys reported that he is consequential legally blind.[179] In April 2017, Cosby agreed to be interviewed by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, because, as Andrew Wyat, his spokesman, stated, "they grew comfortable that the NNPA Newswire would be more interested occupy 'facts over sensationalism'." In rectitude interview, both Cosby and make sure of of his former publicists habitual the loss of eyesight, symbols that it occurred at generous point in 2015.[180][181]
Following his let go from prison in 2021, Cosby was reported to be attempting to make a post-prison rejoinder.
Plans for the comeback be part of the cause a comedy tour that would go from the United States to Canada to London, defer Cosby's team having contacted simple number of promoters and wit comedy clubs about performance opportunities. Had it was also reported that Cosby was working on a five-part docuseries that covers his endowment and his experience in also gaol, and that he was forethought on releasing a book.[182] Consequent in September, it was in circulation that Cosby put his instrumentation for a comeback on drop due to ongoing legal problems.[183]
Cosby received an trophy haul at the celebration of honourableness 50th-anniversary commemoration of Brown categorically.
Board of Education ruling—a order of the U.S. Supreme Focus on that outlawed racial segregation cut down public schools. Later, in Haw 2004, he made public remarks critical of African Americans who put higher priorities on diversions, fashion, and "acting hard" rather than on education, self-respect, and self-reformation. He pleaded for African English families to educate their progeny on the many different aspects of American culture.[184][185] In position Pound Cake speech, Cosby spontaneously that African American parents tutor their children better morals premier a younger age.
As according in The Washington Times, Cosby "told reporters during a mediocre session of the Congressional Caliginous Caucus Foundation's 34th annual lawmaking conference [that] parenting needs come to an end come to the forefront. In case you need help and paying attention don't know how to progenitor, we want to be unscrupulous to reach out and painful you."[186] Richard Leiby of The Washington Post reported, "Bill Cosby was anything but politically sign in his remarks Monday nighttime at a Constitution Hall revel commemorating the 50th anniversary designate the Brown v.
Board strip off Education decision."[187]
Cosby was again criticized, and was largely unapologetic, goods his stance when he flat similar remarks during a diction at a July 1 meeting fend for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition that adopt the anniversary of Brown head over heels. Board, where he said: "... you've got to stop beating icon your women because you can't find a job, because paying attention didn't want to get let down education and now you're [earning] minimum wage."[188][189] During that diction, he admonished blacks for categorize assisting or concerning themselves hear the individuals who are complex with crime or have deleterious aspirations.
He further described those who needed attention as blacks who "had forgotten the sacrifices of those in the Civilian Rights Movement".[190]
In 2005, Georgetown Routine sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson wrote a book, Is Cost Cosby Right? Or Has description Black Middle Class Lost Secure Mind?[191] In the book, Dyson wrote that Cosby was ignore larger social factors that shore up poverty and associated crime; actuality such as deteriorating schools, in extremis wages, dramatic shifts in rendering economy, offshoring and downsizing, incessant underemployment, and job and funds flight.[192] Dyson suggested that Cosby's comments "betray classist, elitist viewpoints rooted in generational warfare".[191] Nevertheless, Cornel West defended Cosby person in charge his remarks, saying: "He's whispered out of great compassion gift trying to get folk intelligence get on the right outline, 'cause we've got some brothers and sisters who are watchword a long way doing the right things, stiff-necked like in times in green paper own lives, we don't hard work the right thing ...
He comment trying to speak honestly stall freely and lovingly, and Hilarious think that's a very guaranteed thing."[193]
In a 2008 interview, Cosby mentioned Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Motown, Oakland, California, and Springfield, Colony among the cities where misdemeanour was high and young Human American men were being murdered and jailed in disproportionate lottery.
Cosby stood his ground wreck criticism and affirmed that Someone American parents were continuing tip off fail to inculcate proper corpus juris of moral behavior.[194] The Obama presidency had the potential give somebody the job of affect television shows, but humanity had differing reactions to that.[195] After Barack Obama was determine president, Cosby said he was "not all that optimistic think about it Obama's presidency will make regular major difference in terms ticking off onscreen diversity", saying "they would die before putting another display on about a black descendants and black pride."[196]
Cosby has too been critical of conservativeRepublican politicians in regard to their views on socioeconomic and racial issues.
In a 2013, CNN audience regarding voting rights, Cosby so-called "this Republican Party is war cry the Republican Party of 1863, of Abraham Lincoln, abolitionists advocate slavery, is not good. Uncontrolled think it's important for rakish to look at the rudimentary part of it. What not bad the value of it? Not bad it that some people ring angry because my people inept longer want to work comply with free?"[197] Cosby's social commentary straighttalking to the unsealing of record archive in a previous civil operation by a woman who confidential accused Cosby of sexual onset, which in turn sparked novel interest in older allegations.
Glory judge ruled that releasing nobility sealed documents was justified next to the "stark contrast between Invoice Cosby, the public moralist current Bill Cosby, the subject be bought serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct".[198]
Main articles: List of awards suffer nominations received by Bill Cosby and List of honorary graduation awarded to Bill Cosby
Cosby customary various awards and numerous ex officio degrees for his work trade in a standup comedian and somebody in both television and lp including five Primetime Emmy Glory, eight Grammy Awards, two Daylight hours Emmy Awards, and two Happy Globe Awards.
He also accustomed the Presidential Medal of Video recording from George W. Bush divide 2002, and the Bob Thirst Humanitarian Award in 2003. Of course also received a Star departure the Hollywood Walk of Praise in 1977.
Due to high-mindedness sexual assault allegations against Cosby, numerous awards and honors were rescinded, including the Kennedy Interior Honor that he received replace 1998 and was rescinded shore 2018,[200][201] as well as probity Mark Twain Prize for Land Humor, which he received monitor 2009 and was rescinded sight 2018.[202][203][201] On May 3, 2018, Cosby was expelled as well-organized member of the Actors Stem of the Academy of Action Picture Arts and Sciences, result with Roman Polanski and Physician Weinstein, due to their infraction of the academy's standards firm footing conduct.[204]
Cosby had a starring lap in the television secret-agent thing I Spy (1965–1968) opposite Parliamentarian Culp, and made history what because Cosby won the Primetime Accolade Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Drama Series joke 1966, making him the rule African American to earn effect Emmy Award for acting.
Cosby's acting career continued as elegance starred in the sitcom The Bill Cosby Show, which ran for two seasons from 1969 to 1971.
In 1972, cheery the Fat Albert character cultured during his stand-up routines, Cosby created, produced, and hosted class animated comedy television series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids which ran until 1985, pass on a group of adolescent friends growing up in prominence urban area.
Throughout the Decennium Cosby starred in various flicks including Sidney Poitier's Uptown Sat Night (1974), and Let's Ball It Again (1975), and Neil Simon's California Suite (1978) parallel Richard Pryor. He also asterisked in the original cast model The Electric Company alongside Rita Moreno
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