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COSTA RICA EXTRA — Bill Cosby (William Henry “Bill” Cosby Jr.) is best remembered for The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and Jell-O pudding pops — not sexual assault. But comedian Hannibal Buress jogged our collective memory late last week with a routine that candidly addressed Cosby’s history as an accused rapist.
Cosby, now 77, is but one of several male celebrities who have been accused of sexual abuse and gone on to have long and generally unaffected careers. Like his unenviable cohorts, Cosby has enjoyed a lengthy career, even after more than a dozen women came forward with rape allegations over the years. He even won the Marian Anderson Award in 2011, which is reserved for “critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way, either through their work or their support for an important cause.”
