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From beloved sports icons to respected military leaders, these individuals were once hailed as heroes... until their dark sides were revealed. Join us as we examine the shocking falls from grace that changed how history remembers them. Our countdown includes figures who went from admired to infamous through betrayal, abuse, and unforgivable actions.
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00:00Grizzling became synonymous with traitor in World War II, and the Norwegian who gave his infamous name...
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at...
00:10once beloved heroes who are now seen as villains.
00:13A lonely, sad ending...
00:15for a man who craved the world's attention.
00:2010. Joe Paterno
00:22It took decades to build up his legacy.
00:25and days to tear it all down.
00:27With his coaching skills, Joe Paterno helped lead Penn State...
00:30to over 400 victories.
00:31He was great at speaking up on the field, but his voice failed when it...
00:35mattered most.
00:36I know you guys have a lot of questions...
00:38and I was hoping...
00:39His son...
00:40denying reports that Penn State is already planning Paterno's exit.
00:44Guys, no...
00:45No one has asked Joe to step down, that's all I can tell you at this time.
00:47We love you, Joe!
00:48After his defensive coordinator...
00:50Jerry Sandusky...
00:51was arrested in 2011 on 52 counts of assault against minors.
00:55It was revealed that Paterno had been told about one of his transgressions in 2001.
00:59Rather than take...
01:00the matter to the police.
01:01He reportedly told two university higher-ups.
01:04His bare minimum...
01:05approach allowed others to fall prey to Sandusky.
01:07Though he didn't take part in the crimes...
01:09his complacency...
01:10made him appear nearly as awful as the one who perpetrated them.
01:13The governor of Pennsylvania has just...
01:15held a press conference...
01:16basically pleading with students...
01:18not to riot again.
01:19The next big...
01:20test will be Saturday...
01:21the first football game without Joe Paterno...
01:23who said today...
01:24he will be...
01:25staying away from the stadium...
01:26he doesn't want to be a distraction.
01:28Number 9...
01:29OJ Simpson...
01:30Ready OJ?
01:31Ready.
01:35I think it's time for a tree sweet break.
01:40From the Buffalo Bills to the towering inferno...
01:43he was synonymous with pop culture for decades...
01:45despite how beloved OJ Simpson was on and off the field...
01:48all of his acolytes meant...
01:50nothing...
01:51after being accused of taking the lies...
01:52of Nicole Brown...
01:53and Ron Goldman.
01:54And I want...
01:55emergency 588...
01:56Can you get someone over here now...
01:57to 325 Gretna Green?
01:59He's back.
02:00Please.
02:01Okay.
02:02What does he look like?
02:03He's OJ Simpson.
02:04I think you know his record.
02:05He's just...
02:06I'll be over here.
02:07Hey, what is he doing there?
02:08Though he was found not guilty...
02:09his previous...
02:10image have been tarnished.
02:11Later developments...
02:12such as being found liable in a civil case...
02:15in his infamous novel...
02:16If I Did It...
02:17where he detailed a hypothetical explanation of the deaths...
02:20to turn more people against him...
02:21The final blow to his legacy came in 2007...
02:24when an attempted...
02:25robbery resulted in a lengthy prison sentence.
02:27By that point...
02:28his transition from beloved athlete...
02:30to convict a criminal...
02:31had been completed.
02:32The orange juice I grew up on...
02:34it's rich in natural energy...
02:35and the kids...
02:36they like to taste the tree sweet...
02:38because it's always naturally sweet.
02:40Number 8.
02:41Robert Clive.
02:42Depending on who you ask...
02:43he either became a villain...
02:45or was one the entire time.
02:46For those living in the British Empire...
02:48Robert Clive was a sign of...
02:50the identifier...
02:51of their continued success.
02:52You will have an absolute free hand...
02:54this time.
02:55his efforts in India...
02:59led to his nation...
03:00laying down its roots there...
03:02and in turn...
03:03expanded its power.
03:04For those living in the...
03:05subcontinent...
03:06he's a symbol of their subjugation.
03:08Many modern historians...
03:09attribute the economic...
03:10downturn...
03:11and mass starvation...
03:12experienced by the area...
03:13to him...
03:14and his business practices.
03:15His presence there...
03:16laid the foundation...
03:17for what would eventually...
03:18become the British Raj...
03:19in the 19th century...
03:20In recent times...
03:21many have stopped...
03:22looking at his contributions...
03:23through rose-tinted glasses...
03:25and instead see it...
03:26for the abject colonization...
03:27it was.
03:30Until of the apparent...
03:31from Tim Rogers...
03:32to fight for the next...
03:33to상 guiał完...
03:34a part of the 너무...
03:35It is very significant...
03:36Thank you...
03:37Very brave...
03:39Thank you...
03:40that was a wonderful understanding...
03:41It's beautiful...
03:42helped merge its way...
03:44You couldτ beast...
03:45Like...
03:46in the time...
03:47to go on...
03:48Like...
03:49Two minutes...
03:50to turn around...
03:51There will be...
03:53You could...
03:54I've been that...
03:55to launch...
03:56To finish it...
03:58that was a miniature uniform...
03:59against minors and producing obscene images.
04:02He was also trying to avoid
04:04the public scrutiny, the media glare
04:07after that very high profile
04:09that saw him excluded and disgraced from the industry.
04:14He was tried and found guilty,
04:17earning himself just under six years by
04:19behind bars.
04:20From that moment on,
04:21everything he'd made was put under a microscope.
04:23Even
04:24projects like his anti-abuse short film,
04:26Kids Can Say No, was viewed in a new light.
04:29In just a span of a year,
04:30his legacy deservedly went from that of a beloved icon
04:33to one of
04:34a dangerous abuser.
04:35You know, sometimes you can get a no feeling
04:37even from somebody you live with.
04:39In your own house.
04:41Number six, Bill Cosby.
04:43Hey.
04:44I know.
04:45You know what?
04:46What you gonna say?
04:47And it's under control.
04:49No.
04:50So, no problem.
04:51No problem.
04:52Right.
04:53For decades, his
04:54work in comedy, film, and television
04:56helped him build a reputation as America's dad.
04:59It seemed that nothing could destroy his legacy.
05:01That is, until allegations dating back to the 1960s
05:04suddenly resurfaced in the 2010s.
05:06By 2015, several civil law
05:09lawsuits pertaining to some of the 60-plus accusations were underway.
05:12Next thing I know...
05:14I'm in the bathroom.
05:17And, um, I am thrown...
05:19That same year, previously sealed court records were uncovered, including a testimony
05:24where he admitted to using Quaaludes during intimate encounters.
05:27By that point, his image and career...
05:29were both tarnished.
05:30He was tried, and initially found guilty in 2018, leading to a...
05:34prison sentence.
05:35A legal loophole uncovered later resulted in him being freed in 2021.
05:39However, that wasn't enough to regain the trust that multiple generations once had in him.
05:44Number 5.
05:48Benedict Arnold.
05:49Throughout the Revolutionary War, he easily rose within the ranks of the Continental Army.
05:54From overtaking Fort Ticonderoga to fighting valiantly in the Battle of Ridgefield, it seemed...
05:59that no one exemplified patriotism more than Benedict Arnold.
06:02General George Washington...
06:04and his senior aides, including Alexander Hamilton, are in a state of shock.
06:09Before them are captured documents that reveal the most notorious...
06:14act of treason in American history.
06:16Through it all, however, he was reportedly unsatisfied...
06:19with the leadership.
06:20Thinking they were disrespecting him, he began to mingle with the enemy.
06:24He offered up key information about the whereabouts of the troops...
06:27and their supplies...
06:28but the true betrayal came...
06:29when the British offered to pay him in exchange for allowing them to take West Point.
06:33When given control...
06:34the area by George Washington, he made good on that promise to the Loyalist Party.
06:38In turn...
06:39he sealed his traitorous legacy for good.
06:41Stunningly, the plot was hatched by West Point...
06:44the West Point's commander...
06:45and the war's greatest hero...
06:48General George Washington...
06:49General Benedict Arnold...
06:51Number 4...
06:52Jimmy Savile...
06:53For more than 40...
06:54years...
06:55Sir Jimmy Savile was a show business friend of the establishment.
06:57For more than 40 years...
06:58Sir Jimmy Savile was a show business friend of the establishment.
06:59a friend of the rich and famous...
07:02even of prime ministers and royalty.
07:04Thanks to his work on Top of the Pops...
07:06he was able to integrate himself into music...
07:08and...
07:09pop culture in England.
07:10That wasn't all Jimmy Savile was known for, however.
07:13Though his television...
07:14presence earned him a fanbase...
07:15his constant charity work earned him respect from even those who didn't tune in...
07:19to his program.
07:20Everything changed after he passed away in 2011.
07:23Rumors and jokes...
07:24about his abhorrent preferences...
07:25were analyzed under a new lens.
07:27An investigation soon uncovered...
07:29the horrid truth...
07:30that hundreds of people...
07:31had been abused by him in his lifetime.
07:33What made it worse...
07:34was that he used his charity connections to access his victims...
07:37a realization that...
07:39crypto actively destroyed anything good...
07:41he may have achieved in his life.
07:42Everyone must be dazzled by...
07:44with him.
07:47He was like...
07:48a conjurer.
07:50He mesmerized people.
07:53We trusted him.
07:54Number 3, Vidkun Kisling.
07:59You know your legacy has been tarnished when your name becomes synonymous with betrayal.
08:02Vidkun Kisling.
08:04His name means traitor.
08:08At the beginning of...
08:09Vidkun Kisling's career, he made a name for himself by rising through the ranks in the
08:12Norwegian army.
08:13His...
08:14Humanitarian efforts in Ukraine help save thousands from succumbing to starvation.
08:18However...
08:19The longer his political career lasted, the more he strayed from his initial beliefs.
08:23By the time...
08:24World War II commenced, he committed himself to fascism.
08:27As Hitler's Norwegian insider...
08:29Vidkun Kisling betrayed his country and paved the way for Nazi invasion.
08:34He worked closely with the Nazis, and even deported his own citizens.
08:39to concentration camps, where many met their fate.
08:42Once the war ended, his...
08:44Tattered reputation quickly caught up to him.
08:46He was tried and sentenced to death, ending his life...
08:49known as nothing more than a traitor.
08:51Right until the moment of death, Vidkun Kisling remained...
08:54Convinced...
08:55You had done nothing wrong.
08:57Number 2.
08:58Philippe Pétain
08:59Even those who seem the most dedicated to the cause can flip at a moment's notice.
09:03For the first part...
09:04of his military career...
09:05Philippe Pétain was known for helping lead the French army throughout the Battle of
09:09Versailles.
09:09And to an eventual win.
09:10His goodwill continued...
09:12Until he was appointed Prime Minister...
09:14France placed its trust in Pétain.
09:18Most French citizens...
09:19reeling from their defeat.
09:20Believed the armistice was a wise...
09:23or at least...
09:24necessary choice.
09:25But what Pétain did next was neither wise...
09:29nor necessary.
09:30Seemingly overnight...
09:31everything changed.
09:32He signed deals with...
09:34Germany and Italy...
09:35giving the former control over significant portions of the country.
09:38French...
09:39laws were even altered to better fit his authoritarian agenda.
09:42By the time World War II ended...
09:44any respect he gained for himself...
09:46had been replaced by hatred.
09:47He was tried...
09:48and found guilty...
09:49treason.
09:50And with that ruling...
09:51came a new legacy...
09:52one of a traitor.
09:53Imprisoned...
09:54on an island off the coast of France.
09:56Pétain died unrepentant in 1951.
09:59at the age of 95.
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10:17Number 1...
10:18Gillette...
10:19Gillette...
10:20Gillette...
10:21Marshal of France...
10:22formidable to me...
10:24Men...
10:25fascinating to women...
10:26feared by all.
10:28As we see...
10:29some others on this list, good work on the battlefield doesn't necessarily translate
10:33to a moral law.
10:34To some, Jalil Dure is known for his contribution to the Hundred Years' War.
10:39To history at large, however, he's remembered for the alleged acts he committed.
10:44Afterwards, from reportedly recruiting someone to summon a demon, to slaying over one hundred
10:48you-
10:49his proclivities were much darker than anyone could have guessed.
10:52Some parents of missing children-
10:54from nearby villages stoke the flames by claiming their young had entered his home, and subsequently
10:59disappeared.
11:00When all was said and done, Dure was put to death, and any acts of heroine-
11:04realism he'd been known for had been completely wiped from memory.
11:09He'd sit on my throne, so perfect that- that you-
11:14you might like it too much, and therefore disturb my- my fragile peace of mind.
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