Although Bill and Erinn, are said to be on good terms these days, back in the day, “good” was the least likely adjective one would use to describe their relationship. In fact, they had no problem voicing their then disdain for each other in dual interviews, which have now resurfaced as the world curiously uncovers more about the Cosby fam.’

Cosby’s Daughter, Erinn’s, Addictions Were Exposed

In October 1989, the national Enquirer broke the story that Erinn Cosby was battling a cocaine and alcohol addiction. It also reported that Erinn had just checked out of a rehab facility that same year and that she’d spoken with the publication about her problems and her father. “Looking back,” Erinn state in the N.E. article, “I can’t believe how Dad managed to go on with his show every week, portraying America’s favorite father while having a daughter like me causing so much pain.” Bill Cosby also told the National Enquirer in that same article that “Deep down inside, she knows we love her.”

Bill Cosby On Why He Once Banned Troubled Daughter From Their Home

A few months later though, in December 1989, Bill Cosby did an interview with LA Times, in which he spoke candidly about his then 23 year old daughter, Erinn, and her troubled ways. He pretty much showed her tough love, in an attempt to force her to get her mind right and he made no qualms about the fact that he was pissed off with her at that time.

Bill Cosby (via LA Times, 1989): “We have four other children. This particular daughter [Erinn Cosby] appears to be the only one who is really very selfish. It isn’t that we hang our heads or that we’re embarrassed by this[ her drug rehab stint], because we’ve been living with this person who knows that her problem isn’t cocaine or alcohol. I think that she’s a child who has refused to take responsibility for supporting herself.

“One of the things I said to her is that every child in this house can become whatever he or she wants to become, if they do it through college or university. Get your undergraduate degree and hopefully go on to graduate school. … You don’t have to worry how you’ll pay your rent, or your car, or your food. You even get a paid vacation. …

“But since 14, Erinn has always said, ‘I have to be me.’ Fine. When she graduated high school, I said, ‘Obviously you have a better idea of what you wanna be.’ She’s 23 now. She’s never held down a job, never kept an apartment for more than six months. She never finishes anything. She uses her boy friends. She wants the finer things but she can’t stand anybody else’s dirt, which is important. Developmentally, she’s still around 11 years old. The problem isn’t alcohol or drugs–at the rehab center her urine showed up negative. It’s behavioral. She’s very stubborn. It’s painful, not to me and Camille, but to her. It’s going to take her hitting rock bottom, where she’s totally exhausted and at that point where she can’t fight anymore. Right now we’re estranged. She can’t come here. She’s not a person you can trust. You think you’re not a good parent because you don’t answer the call. But you can’t let the kid use you.”

Erinn Cosby Then Publicly Responded To Dad’s Claims

Erinn Cosby then did a Washington Post interview, rejecting some of the claims that were made by her Pops and in other reports about her addiction:

Erinn – “I don’t consider myself that at all. Certain things I don’t want to do. I have my own way of looking at things, I took care of myself. I don’t think that is being the black sheep of the family. … I am not a Huxtable. I am not a little girl. … My parents love me. We have our differences. We do speak. … I have been on my own since I was 17.”

On her drug rehab stint:

EC- “I am like, whoa. All of a sudden I am stamped with this big drug addict thing. […] “I was not an addict. […] I wasn’t into cocaine that much. I had done it excessively a few times. But I wasn’t an addict. I wasn’t dependent.”

Thankfully, Bill Cosby and his daughter, Erinn, reportedly mended their relationship after the Cosbys’ son, Ennis, was tragically murdered in 1997. Erinn even spoke out in her father’s defense in 2017, amid the many sex assault allegations against him.

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We have extremely tragic news to report, ILOSM family. Bill Cosby’s daughter, Ensa Cosby, has suddenly passed away at the age of just 44 years old.

*****UPDATE:*****

Via Associated Press– Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died Friday in Massachusetts from kidney disease, a spokesman for the comedian said Monday. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt asked for prayers for the Cosby family and that the family be given peace at this time. He didn’t provide any other details.

Details Of Ensa Cosby’s Death

Via TMZ: Bill Cosby’s daughter, Ensa, who steadfastly supported her dad through his legal troubles, has died … TMZ has learned. […] The 44-year-old died Friday night in Massachusetts … sources tell TMZ.
The cause of death is unknown, although we’re told she had significant medical issues in the past. We’re told she had kidney issues and possibly was in line for a transplant.

Ensa Stood Up For Her Dad Against Allegations

As we previously reported, in May 2017, Ensa boldly stood up for her father against the countless sexual assault allegations pending against him. She reached out to Charlamagne tha God of ‘The Breakfast Club’ radio show with this statement:

“The accusations against my father have been one-sided from the beginning. When he tried to defend himself, he was sued in civil court. I’ve seen the accusations become more horrific and extreme with time and I’ve witnessed my father’s reputation and legendary works be dismissed without any proof. I strongly believe my father is innocent of the crimes that are alleged against him and I believe that racism has played a big role in all aspects of this scandal. How the charges came against him, how people believed them before they were ever scrutinized or tested, how people who questioned the claims were shut down and ignored,” Ensa Cosby said.

“The media created the story and the outcome before any court will ever test the claims. How my father is being punished by a society that still believes that black men rape white women that passes off as ‘boys will be boys’ when white men are accused. How the politics of our country prove my disgust. My father has been publicly lynched in the media. My family, my young daughter, my young niece and nephew have had to stand helplessly by and watch the double standards of pretending to protect the rights of some, but ignoring the rights of others and exposing innocent children to such appalling accusations about someone they love dearly and who has been so loving and kind to them is beyond cruel.”

This is SO incredibly sad and our deepest condolences go out to Camille and Bill Cosby, as well as their family. Ensa is the second child they’ve lost. In 1997, their son Ennis Cosby was murdered during a robbery. Ensa Cosby, rest peacefully queen and may Ennis continue to the same.

In addition to Ensa’s statements defending her dad, two of her sisters publicly did so as well. See what Erinn and Evin Cosby had to say below…

Cosby’s Other Daughter, Erinn, Defends Her Dad Also

Ensa’s sister, Erinn Cosby, followed up on Ensa’s statement, with a statement of her own, in support of their father:

“Over the last few years, my family has been forced to sit down and watch as our father has been attacked in the media.I love my father and always have and always will. I believe in his innocence and I know how he values me.”

Evin Cosby Speaks On Toll The Allegations Have Taken On Their Family & Her Brother’s Death

In a lengthy open letter daughter, Evin Cosby, released through NNPA Newswire, titled A Commentary By Evin Cosby, she defended her dad as well. She also revealed how hard the sex assault allegations have been on their family and how her father was accused after her brother, Ennis Cosby was murdered during a robbery in 1997:
Evin Cosby On Growing Up With Her Dad & Being A Single Mom…

“I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer to my father as he worked. From the time he worked in Las Vegas to the Cosby show in NYC, he always wanted us to be close, to be a part of his whole life, at home and on stage.

I felt loved and remembered loving the moments that my parents shared with us by exposing us to all types of people from all walks of life. We grew up appreciating my father’s success because we knew the prejudice and racism he endured getting to where he got and how hard he worked for our family.

Because I loved my childhood, I couldn’t wait to have a family of my own. I have two amazing children who love their grandfather. I already work hard as a single mother, with no full-time help, and with a career in fashion design, I am lucky that I have supportive friends that I call family because my children and I need that support.”

On The “Public Persecution” Of Her Father…

“The public persecution of my dad, my kids’ grandfather, and the cruelty of the media and those who speak out branding my father a “rapist” without ever knowing the truth and who shame our family and our friends for defending my dad, makes all of this so much worse for my family and my children.”

On How The Allegations Correlate w/Her Brother’s Murder & Several Cases Being Dismissed…

“When people are so quick to cast hate, and make accusations of horrific violence against my dad, they are callous in their carelessness about the harm they are causing to others. I thought when my brother Ennis was murdered, that was the worst nightmare of all time.

It’s so hurtful to this day. I try to block out the day he was killed, but that pain has only worsened in these last years. For some reason, my family’s pain has been a trigger for people to seize upon us harder. On the same day that Ennis was murdered, a woman came out claiming that my father had a ‘love child.’ She was arrested for extortion. She was not my father’s daughter. On the day I gave birth to my son, another women came out, but that case was dismissed too – the district attorney investigated her claims also and didn’t press charges.”

On How The Allegations Against Her Dad Seem Fishy…

“Two years ago, and over 10 years later, several women came out. Like the woman from 2005, they claimed to have been raped and drugged. But, like the one from 2005, their stories didn’t match up. Instead of going through the criminal justice system, these stories never got investigated and just got repeated. They have been accepted as the truth. My dad tried to defend himself. His lawyers tried to defend him, but they all got sued.”

On Her Father & Famous Friends Being Silenced From Publicly Speaking Out…

“People were constantly reaching out to me about why doesn’t your dad say something. I kept saying he’s trying, but the media is only interested in the stories of the women. Friends of ours tried to help, but the media wouldn’t print what they said or knew. Our friends that spoke up were pressured to shut up. No one wanted to print their supportive words.

We live in a scandalous country where the more sexualized and provocative the story, the more attention it gets. We get all sorts of mixed up messages in our society. We are told that we have fundamental rights to be innocent until proven guilty. But, if enough people think you are a bad person, you are branded a bad person and the media just reinforces that.”

On Why Her Dad Deserves Fair Chance To Be Heard…

“My dad, like anyone in this country, deserves to be treated fairly under the law. My dad broke barriers and raised the conscious of America on important topics, especially for the advancement of women. On ‘The Cosby Show’ he only depicted women as smart and accomplished. On ‘The Cosby Show’ and on ‘A Different World,’ he took on then taboo subjects like menstrual cycles and rape, and even did a show on AIDS before anyone else would bring it up.

I am his fourth daughter. He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and be my own woman. He is helping me raise my children and teach them family values. I know that my father loves me, loves my sisters and my mother. He loves and respects women. He is not abusive, violent or a rapist. Sure, like many celebrities tempted by opportunity, he had his affairs, but that was between him and my mother. They have worked through it and moved on, and I am glad they did for them and for our family.

The harsh and hurtful accusations of things that supposedly happened 40 or 50 years ago, before I was born, in another lifetime, and that have been carelessly repeated as truth without allowing my dad to defend himself and without requiring proof, has punished not just my dad but every one of us. They have punished the talented people who were still earning money and feeding their families from my dad’s shows and work.

I am pleased that finally we are seeing the whole picture and seeing cases and claims dismissed from court. I just hope that those who pre-judged my dad are now willing to admit that they were wrong.”- Evin Cosby

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