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Bill Cosby has a long uphill battle against the struggle that are the sexual abuse allegations that have been dogging the once-popular entertainer for years now. The former television star has been reaching out to his Black fan base ahead of his June 5 trial, perhaps in a late bid for sympathy.

Page Six reports:

Cosby, 79, spoke to a black news outlet last month for a story that meandered from his self-described blindness to the racist history of the United States to his dream of returning to the stage.

His daughters sent audio statements to select radio stations last week in which Ensa Cosby said her father had been “lynched” in the media.

The messaging continued this week in the Pittsburgh courtroom where jury selection was conducted. After prosecutors struck two black women from the panel, defense lawyer Brian McMonagle attacked what he called the other side’s “systemic exclusion of African-Americans.”

At one point in life, Cosby could do no wrong in the eyes of not just Black people but all Americans as patriarch Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the beloved NBC hit series, The Cosby Show. It has been a steady stumble in grace for Cosby since the news of the allegations broke along with delays and motions made by his legal team to prepare their case and successfully defend their client.

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