WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is revoking Bill Cosby’s title of honorary chief petty officer, saying allegations of sexual abuse made against the comedian are serious and conflict with the Navy’s core values.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Stevens made the announcement Thursday in a statement.
Cosby enlisted in the Navy in 1956 and served four years as a hospital corpsman before being honorably discharged in 1960 as a 3rd Class Petty Officer. The honorary title was presented to Cosby in 2011.
The 77-year-old Cosby has refused to answer questions about mounting accusations that he sexually abused several women.
NBC recently scrapped a Cosby comedy that was under development, some of his appearances have been canceled and he has resigned from Temple University’s board of trustees.
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The allegations against Cosby are really repugnant - and rather mind boggling in contract to the manner that he has chosen to present & market himself.
but heinous as they may be - they are allegations - and it makes me wonder, is ‘allegation’ the threshold for actions of this sort?
In no way is this a defense of Cosby - frankly he is looking pretty sleazy
I’m wondering what it’s like to be Mrs. Cosby right now. How much has she known about all this? How long has she known it? What’s the talk like around the supper table?
I would agree if maybe 2,3 persons were involved. Could be extortion attempts, but we’re talking about a dozen or so women all telling the same story. And that’s what’s damning.
i suspect he’s a man of genuine compassion, but with a Dark Side (no puns intended.).
He and his wife gave $70 million to some black women’s college. That ain’t chickenfeed.
Alas, as Shakespeare reminded us, “the evil men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones”.
He’s a contradiction to be sure.
And it all unravells .
Isn’t this the same navy that routinely has their superiors quash sexual assault complaints against officers?