The allegations that Bill Cosby raped several women dating back to the mid-80s won't go away — and they appear to be hurting.
Fellow comedian Hannibal Buress launched a broadside of insults and alleagtions during a stand-up gig recently with the bootleg video going viral.
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Cosby, the iconic star of the classic TV sitcom 'The Cosby Show', has never been charged with a crime, but he has settled out of court with Andrea Constand, a woman who launched civil proceedings against him.
The renewed interest compelled NPR host Scott Simon to raise the issue with the Cosby, who with his wife Camille, was being interviewed about an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art to which they had donated 62 pieces of art. “This question gives me no pleasure, Mr. Cosby, but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days,” Simon said. Cosby responded with silence.
For the second time in weeks Bill Cosby has cancelled a TV appearance amid the growing uproar. The first was a cancellation on the Queen Latifah daytime talk show; and now Cosby has been replaced as headlining guest on Letterman's Tonight Show.
On Thursday, The Washington Post posted an article by a former actress named Barbara Bowman, who said that Cosby had drugged and raped her on more than one occasion in the mid-1980s during a time when he was mentoring her as a young actress.
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Cosby performing last year before the allegations resurfaced.
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UPDATE: 23 November 2014
Two more women have come forward detailing rape and assault allegations to the Huffington Post including Lou Ferrigno's (The Incredible Hulk) wife — prior to their marriage.
