Bill Cosby’s Legacy Doesn’t Outweigh the Lives He Destroyed

And the overturning of his sexual assault conviction doesn’t make him any less of a monster

Michael Arceneaux
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The only thing worse than a rapist is a sanctimonious one that doesn’t know when to shut the fuck up and rot in silence. No reasonable person should’ve ever expected Bill Cosby to be quiet though.

Based on the Twitter profile maintained while he was incarcerated, the comedian and accused tormentor of allegedly 60 women fancied himself as some sort of political prisoner. This nigga ain’t Nelson Mandela, but sadly the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has provided this monster more material to play the martyr. And sadly, it's also shown just how little regard the justice system has for getting actual justice for victims of sexual assault and abuse.

Thanks to a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Cosby was released from prison last Wednesday after overturning his 2018 conviction for sexual assault, saying his due process rights were violated. Cosby had served three years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a maximum security prison outside Philadelphia when the panel of judges ruled that a “non-prosecution agreement” with a previous prosecutor meant he should not have been charged in the case.

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