As if the heat on Bill Cosby wasn’t already hot enough in the days leading to his sexual assault conviction (click here to read more on that), the comedy legend has seen some of that heat intensified in the days that have followed.
Cosby, 80, was ordered to house arrest and fitted with a GPS monitor after the guilty verdict was rendered on three counts of “felony indecent aggravated assault” following a 2004 incident. Though permitted to leave his house to meet with lawyers and seek any medical treatment, the embattled star must otherwise remain in the confines of his Philadelphia home until news arrives of his official sentencing (which could be up to 10 years per count).
With the news continuing the dominate headlines well over the weekend into this week, a number of colleges and universities who once celebrated the comedy pioneer for his support of education and the advancement of the arts began announcing their intent to rescind the honorary degrees bestowed to him.
Said revocation is just the beginning his new woes:
Though 5 universities have revoked degrees since his conviction, many rescinded their honors based on the accusations alone.
Five universities have revoked honorary degrees for Bill Cosby since he was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault Thursday…
Even before Cosby was found guilty, colleges and universities began to disavow him. Deadline reports that the University of San Francisco, Fordham University, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, Tufts University, Brown University, Baylor University, and Boston University all revoked honorary degrees for Cosby over the charges.
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Some of the dissociation from academic institutions comes as the result of pressure from a number of petitioners who took to Change.org to ensure Cosby’s honors were renounced. Now, new petitions are popping up left and right – the most damning calling for the revocation of his ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ awarded in 2002 (click here to read more on that).
Add to this, trolls have taken to the legend’s Wikipedia page!
The online encyclopedia has since changed the info to describe his career achievements before his criminal convictions.
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Still waiting for trump’s conviction & the national outcry for his head on a platter too……
They always want to take down our black icons. Everyone knows he’s still America’s Dad.
STFU troll.
Hmmm you cockroach leave Jazz alone. You are the troll of tgj.
He is mine to torture and torment.
Troll b|tch asss… STOP impersonating me. You are obsessed with me S****** Trash Blonde!
This is all completely over played and ridiculous! Where are the convictions against Harvey Weinstein & the homosexual from the “American Beauty” film? How about the countless other middle aged white men who have had numerous accusations brought against their behinds in recent months??
Agreed. But of course everybody will SWEAR that race has nothing to do with it…..
Don’t forget a bout the dad who played on 7th heaven
What a lousy argument. So Bill Cosby’s old predator ass must go scott free because those other white perverts haven’t been brought to justice yet? Just ridiculous…if that were the case, no one would ever see justice.
The white man has been envious of the black mans golden rod of pleasure since the beginning of time. Most of the white men have small d i c k s and nutt way too fast. If white ppl have always been trying to make us suffer, you don’t see their routine by now?
STFU TROLL and keep the b******* to yourself. We know you’re not Jasmine.
B i t c h you can eat my puss while I’m on my period and s u c k my ass after I eat a taco plate with extra cheese. Ya mama is the fraud, stupid ass ho
They don’t want to focus on those deviant homosexuals. Just pure nastiness.
STFU troll.
Thank you Hmmm. I’m tired of this obsession S****** Trash Blonde has with me and his constant impersonations of me.
Are they going to give him his money back too?
This is exactly why nobody takes wikipedia seriously as a credible site.
Chile, just take one look at Shakira’s record and album sales and you know Wikipedia is a certified MESS lol…hunnie, I check back from time to time to see if they changed those numbers that they got out the crack of they assss! NOPE ? Chile, they pulled those numbers out of Muva Oprah’s titties!
They can F off, when you are black they make you out to be the worse of the worse.
Im sorry but you can not do this if someone earns their degree you can not revoke what hes earn …..this is really about being black and trying to buy an network which white folks own they are not letting us have anything that could control them…….did you not see the women who accused him come on now but ugly set up….set up so now everything he worked for is being washed away come on now where is his justice?????