For the past 50 years, Bill Cosby was considered an icon to thousands, if not millions, of people who watched him go from a stand up comedian to television superstar. However, for the past 50 years as well, Bill Cosby was raping and sexually assaulting dozens of women.

Bill Cosby first came in the public attention in 1963 with his first stand-up record “Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow…Right!”, and for the next several decades Cosby would remain in the spotlight with successful TV shows like “The Cosby Show,” “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids,” along with lucrative spokesman deals for products like Jell-O — making Cosby a household name.

The earliest accusation against Cosby was from the mid 1960s with Sunni Wells accusing him of raping her twice while she was an aspiring singer in the 60s, and the latest allegation being from 2008 with model Chloe Goins claiming the television star drugged and sexually assaulted her in the playboy mansion.

The first allegation made public was in 2005 with Andrea Constand, a Temple University employee, when she placed a civil lawsuit against the comic for drugging her and sexually assaulting her a year prior. During the 2015 trials, a judge revealed that in 2005 (around the time of the Constand accusations) Cosby admitted to getting Quaaludes — a hypnotic sedative — with the intention to use them on unsuspecting young women he wanted to have sex with.  However, in same documents, he also admitted to giving Constand three half-pills of Benadryl, not Quaaludes.

For years after, Constand’s accusations remained the only one officially presented against him until October 2014, when comedian Hannibal Buress joked about Cosby’s recent tirades against Hip-Hop and black youth.

“He gets on TV: ‘Pull your pants up, black people, I was on TV in the ’80s. I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom.’ Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches,” Buress said.

Buress’s bit went viral and renewed interest in the allegations along with resulting in Netflix and NBC cancelling future plans with Cosby. In the months following, dozens of accusers came out of the shadows with accusations of rape, sexual assault, and more against Cosby resulting in the recent trial and convictions.

In the time between his first and his last known accusation, the number of accusers stand at a staggering 60 women — with accusations ranging from sexual misconduct to child sexual abuse.

In December 2015, Andrea Constand filed charges for the 2004 sexual assault committed against her. Cosby’s original 2017 trial date was deemed a mistrial due to the jury being at a standstill for months. On April 26, 2018, Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand 14 years after committing the crime.

The aftermath of the verdict has been less than stellar for Cosby with awards, honorary diplomas, and more being stripped from him from all angles. Over 20 institutions including Ivy League giant Yale have rescinded their honorary degrees, and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expelled Cosby, along with another convicted sex offender: Roman Polanski.

It is unclear how Cosby will pay for his crimes and how long he will be confined for, but with the comedian being 80, one can only imagine it will end up being a lifetime sentence.