5. Bill Cosby
It’s still hard to believe. After breaking out as a talented comedian and star of shows like I Spy, Cosby ingratiated himself into the public forever as the loveable Bill Huxtable on The Cosby Show. His warm humor, his great acting, it all made him the perfect TV dad and a true icon not just for television but American life. Sure, you had a few rough stories over the years but nothing too major, he was Cos and that was enough. But while the stories had circulated here and there, it took until 2014 for it to finally come out that over the course of his life, Cosby had drugged and sexually assaulted over 30 women. It became a massive deal, bigger when 30 of the victims posed for a magazine cover to call out Cosby on his actions. The effects have been huge with Cosby’s star falling majorly, honors revoked, his TV show reruns yanked and his reputation forever shattered. He now faces trial for his actions and it’s sad to think of a man so beloved ending up in jail but it would be for his own decisions and crimes that proved behind the face of a great TV dad lurked a sexual predator of the highest order who has tainted his entire career for good.
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