Bill Cosby Confirms He is Completely Blind, Daughter Defends Him

Disgraced comedy legend Bill Cosby spoke out for the first time since addressing his sexual assault and rape accusations.

In a recent interview with NNPA Newswire , Cosby revealed not only that he is now completely blind, but also recalls a frightening story with that occurred two years ago. According to Bill, one morning, he woke up and nervously called out for his wife, Camille Cosby yelling, “I can’t see!” After being examined by doctors sometime later, they gave him the devastating news that “there was nothing that could be done to repair his vision.”

While Cosby, 79, did not bring up the ongoing 2006 sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, he did say that he is still working on new routines and hopes that one day, he can “begin the next chapter of his career”.

“I miss it all and I hope that day will come. I have some routines and storytelling that I am working on,” Cosby says. “I think about walking out onstage somewhere in the United States of America and sitting down in a chair and giving the performance that will be the beginning of the next chapter of my career.”

Evin Cosby, Bill’s youngest daughter recently written an essay for the same publication addressing the years of accusations against her father. She claims that the media and the public have not been fair to him at all.

“When people are so quick to cast hate and make accusations of horrific violence against my dad, they are callous in their carelessness about the harm they are causing to others,” she writes. “My dad, like anyone in this country, deserves to be treated fairly under the law. My dad broke barriers and raised the conscious of America on important topics, especially for the advancement of women. I know that my father loves me, loves my sisters and my mother. He loves and respects women. He is not abusive, violent or a rapist. Sure, like many celebrities tempted by opportunity, he had his affairs, but that was between him and my mother. They have worked through it and moved on, and I am glad they did for them and for our family.”

In Evin’s essay, she also says that the damning accusations have severely hurt not only her family but all of the actors and actress who were involved in his work.

“The harsh and hurtful accusations of things that supposedly happened 40 or 50 years ago, before I was born, in another lifetime, and that have been carelessly repeated as truth without allowing my dad to defend himself and without requiring proof, has punished not just my dad but every one of us,” the statement continued. “They have punished the talented people who were still earning money and feeding their families from my dad’s shows and work.”

While Evin, 40 did not name any specific names as far as who was affected by the cancellation of his show such as The Cosby Show, many legendary entertainers have starred in Cosby’s expansive works over the many decades including Malcolm Jamal Warner, Raven Symone, Phylicia Rashad, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Harvey Keitel, and many others.

Cosby is currently still fighting three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple employee Andrea Constand in January 2004 at his mansion. He still pleads not guilty and is set stand trial on June 5.

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