Why My Childhood Dies With Bill Cosby’s Legacy

Ezinne Ukoha
7 min readMay 3, 2018

Former icon and disgraced comedian Bill Cosby was recently found guilty on “all three counts of aggravated indecent assault,” and his faithful and devoted wife Camille Cosby released a statement in defense of her badly battered husband — by condemning the system that she believes has a vendetta against her family.

“Once again, an innocent person has been found guilty based on an unthinking
unquestioning, unconstitutional frenzy propagated by the media and allowed to play out in a supposed court of law.” “This is mob justice, not real justice.This tragedy must be undone not just for Bill Cosby, but for the country.”

There’s no need to get into the specifics of what toppled the man who wasn’t only a revered scholar — but also so many delightful things rolled into one, including “America’s Dad” — the caption he rightfully earned from the years spent portraying the lovable, knowledgeable and charismatic obstetrician, Dr. Heathcliff (Cliff) Huxtable, the son of a well-renowned jazz musician.

Cliff is married to Clair, the gorgeous, ambitious and graceful matriarch and lawyer, and they have five adorable children (Sandra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy). The family unit was based in Brooklyn Heights, a fact that I stumbled upon when I did research during the early phase of Cosby’s scandal.

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