14 DAY TRIAL // 2015 started off badly for comedian Bill Cosby, with more women stepping forward and confessing on camera that he had raped and drugged them, or acted inappropriately around them when they were younger.
The rape scandal is nowhere to being done.
Roger Friedman from Showbiz411 met with Cosby’s former on-scree wife on “The Cosby Show” Phylicia Rashad earlier this week and she stated that all women claiming to be victims were liars, because this was a huge plot meant to destroy his legacy.
“The destruction of a legacy”
“Forget these women.” This is how Phylicia started her chat with Friedman, when she was asked how she felt about the scandal, which started last year when older allegations picked up traction online, and in almost no time, women who had never dared to speak before went public with their own stories of abuse at Cosby’s hands.
According to the actress, Cosby was the real victim, so all the women saying he had used his star-power and influence to get them to secluded locations, drug them and then have his way with them are all liars.
“What you’re seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it’s orchestrated. I don’t know why or who’s doing it, but it’s the legacy. And it’s a legacy that is so important to the culture,” she continued.
“The Cosby Show” stood for the traditional American family and with this scandal, that legacy was being destroyed, she further argued. If there was anyone being wronged in this, it was Cosby.
You can imagine the kind of controversy this comment prompted, because as it so happens, many believe there is truth at the bottom of all these rape allegations.
Rashad backtracks, tries to explain offensive comment
The actress sat down for a chat with ABC News on the topic, in what is obviously a bid to clear her name and perhaps remove it from the conversation. The network has released only a segment from the interview as of now, and you will find it embedded below.
Rashad insists that Cosby is the real victim here because the scandal will do away with his decades-long legacy, but she adds that she was misquoted when she said “forget these women.” Apparently, what she said was, “This is not about these women,” which is just as bad, if you think about it because it implies that in a rape situation (even if not proved yet), it’s never about the victims.
Victims of any kind of aggression worldwide beg to differ.