From TV star to star in a Rogues' Gallery: Keisha Knight Pulliam ("Rudy")
By Nicholas Stix
Now, I've seen it all. We've all heard of people who impersonate stars, as part of various scams. The most harmless con that comes to mind is the time a guy who looked just like Hank Williams Jr. told a saloonkeeper that he was the singer, but was experiencing momentary voice trouble, and couldn't sing. The saloon owner treated the faker to food and drink on the house.
It seems that several former performers from The Cosby Show have grown into criminals. One criminal just sought to cash in on their notoriety, by claiming to be one of them, figuring that being a celebrity criminal would translate into a get-out-of-jail-free card. She either figured wrong, or claimed to be the wrong former TV star-crook.
In any event, this Sean O'Neal guy is funny. Never heard of him before, but I'll be looking for him now.
Telling police you played Rudy on The Cosby Show won't get you out of a shoplifting charge
Sean O'Neal
January 4, 2012
In the worst Cosby Show-related crime since Tempestt Bledsoe hunted hobos for sport, a woman in Provo, Utah, who was caught shoplifting told arresting officers that she played Rudy Huxtable, hoping to take advantage of the lingering goodwill for that sitcom that enables society to turn a blind eye to all of its cast members' most heinous acts since. Unfortunately, The Cosby Show is very famous, and so the authorities were able to remember that, no, Keisha Knight Pulliam—and not the suspect, Leah Efay Davis—actually played Rudy, and that Pulliam's m.o. typically involves elaborate arson schemes, not petty theft. Davis reportedly made a last-ditch attempt to escape prosecution by claiming that she also owned the mall that housed the J.C. Penney's where she'd absconded with around $600 in stolen goods, but might have escaped prosecution had she only chosen a more obscure sitcom star on the sliding scale of what they can now get away with—say, telling them that she played Cherie onPunky [sic] Brewster, which would entitle her to shoplifting as well as the occasional act of vandalism.
2 comments:
It's obvious that it was NOT Ms. Pulliam but someone trying to use their resemblance to her to get out of trouble. And, yes this writer is very creative seeing as he's made up criminal records for the staff. Ms. Pulliam PLAYED an arsonist and the only Cosby Show member with a record got one while she was a cast member struggling with her addiction issues. Please get your facts straight if you plan to be a reputable source of information to the public.
So, Sean O'Neal made up all those criminal offenses?
I'll have to research this matter further, but can't do it, right now.
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