UPDATE 4:50 p.m. ― Diet Starts Monday has since tweeted an apology and removed the Pill Cosby from its menu. They “apologize to anyone who felt offended.”
PREVIOUSLY ― A newly opened pop-up restaurant, bar, and retail store in Washington D.C. has named one of its cocktails the “Pill Cosby” ― and even features floating capsules as a garnish.
The restaurant, Diet Starts Monday, is operated by longtime friends David Gentry and John Geiger, who also founded a clothing brand of the same name.
Gentry told the Washingtonian that the cocktail is meant to raise awareness of date rape. “It lets people be a little more aware,” he said.
Cosby joins other black influencers with ties to D.C. on the list of namesake cocktails ― Taraji P. Henson, Dave Chappelle, Marvin Gaye, and Marion Barry (the former D.C. mayor who has his own set of legal and ethical issues) also have their own drinks ― but, of course, don’t have more than several dozen allegations of rape and sexual assault piled up against them.
Need help? Visit RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.
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