Over the past year, Bill Cosby has gone from one of the most beloved and respected stars in the history of television to a publicly reviled sexual predator, accused of victimizing more than 50 women over the course of his career.
According to recent reports Cosby might finally face rape charges, even though it initially looked as though he would be protected from prosecution due to the fact that each alleged incident fell outside of the statute of limitations.
Now, a new allegation is surfacing that could have Cosby answering for a crime even more serious than the many vile acts of which he’s already been accused.
Fans of the legendary comic may have forgotten that infidelity accusations about Cosby have been circulating for decades, and a woman named Autumn Jackson claimed in 1997 that she was Cosby’s illegitimate child.
Cosby eventually admitted to having an affair with Jackson’s mother, Shawn Thompson Upshaw, but insisted that he is not her father. Upshaw claims Jackson was conceived when Cosby drugged and raped her in 1974.
A paternity test was never performed, but Cosby bought Jackson a car, paid for her college tuition and maintained contact with her throughout her adolescence.
Their relationship soured when Jackson went public with claims that Cosby was her father, and she was eventually arrested for extortion.
Now, The National Enquirer reports that Jackson’s aunt, Jewel Star, has written a book entitled Bill Cosby’s Love Child that she’s currently shopping to publishers.
The book makes the shocking claim that Cosby orchestrated the murder of his son Ennis as part of his attempt to bury the allegations made by Upshaw.
Jackson was arrested just two days after Ennis was murdered by a Ukrainian immigrant with no ties to the 27-year-old.
In the book, Star quotes Jackson as saying, “Cosby might have had Ennis murdered because he had found out about me.”
Star says she believes that Cosby sent “a hitman” to murder her as well, but settled for simply having her arrested and imprisoned.
Obviously, the claims made by Star and Jackson are wild and seem rather far-fetched, but then again, there was a time when it would have been very difficult to believe that Bill Cosby could possibly be guilty of sexually assaulting more than 50 women.