Akon Shares His Views On Bill Cosby’s Guilty Verdict: “We Don’t Really Know If He Did It Or He Didn’t Do It”

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While several people have condemned #BillCosby, #Akon says he thinks the former comedian could be innocent.
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#TMZ caught up with the singer on Monday (May 7) to ask him his thoughts on Cosby’s guilty verdict, and what he feels would be an appropriate sentence. While he believes the comedian deserves “whatever the law requires,” he isn’t happy with seeing Cosby’s legacy go down the drain.
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“I mean, whatever the law requires, man,” he says. “I mean at this point, Bill Cosby’s life has been well-lived…it’s horrible to kind of think about it how someone could have that much impact in the world and have their legacy just be crashed, you know? I don’t know to the extent of all the facts that’s been put in…”
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He then went on to say that none of us actually know what happened between Cosby and the women and highlighted that there are several instances where men were found to be innocent.
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“We don’t really know if he did it or he didn’t do it,” he explains. “Yeah, but it’s been a lot of people convicted that’s been innocent. In situations like this you just…I don’t know. I’ve already been painted a picture of Bill Cosby. He’s a hero to me from the pictures that’s been painted. It’s hard to flip that around because I grew up as a child looking up to this man. And I wasn’t there at the trial, so whatever was revealed or whatever was…these are allegations from 30-40 years ago.”
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Regardless, the singer says karma will always come out as the winner. “If the law doesn’t catch you, karma will eventually,” he said.

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