Funnyman Bill Cosby in controversy over rape allegations
Funnyman Bill Cosby in controversy over rape allegations
Criticism of one of television's most beloved stars, Bill Cosby, is escalating with renewed attention to allegations that he sexually assaulted women in several incidents decades ago.
The latest evidence is the cancellation of a planned appearance by Cosby, scheduled for Wednesday, on David Letterman's late-night show on CBS. The show declined to say on Friday whether Cosby withdrew from the appearance or the show made the decision to replace him. "We can't comment on the booking process," a spokeswoman for the show, Kim Izzo-Emmet, said.
But Regis Philbin, who has always been Letterman's go-to guest in case of a late cancellation, is now listed on the show's website as the main guest that night. The news of the Letterman cancellation was first published by Newsday.
The move follows by a few weeks the cancellation by Cosby of a guest appearance on the Queen Latifah daytime talk show. In that case, the show reported that the change was made at Cosby's request. Cosby did visit with Stephen Colbert on September 24 on Comedy Central and with Jimmy Fallon on NBC's "Tonight" show on Aug. 18.
On Thursday, The Washington Post posted online a first-person 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 period of time when he was mentoring her as a young actress. That was at the same time he was starring in the biggest hit on television, "The Cosby Show."
Bowman's allegations follow similar charges by other women, one of whom, Andrea Constand, filed a civil suit against Mr. Cosby in 2005, which promised to include testimony from 13 other then-unnamed women. One of those was Bowman, she said in her article. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount. Both Cosby and his attorney have issued denials of the charges at various points.
This week, an effort to kick up some favorable attention for Cosby, in the form of a thread on Twitter instigated on behalf of Cosby, blew up into a chorus of nasty comments about him sexually assaulting women. The stand-up comic Hannibal Buress stirred a new round of attention on the allegations when he assailed Cosby in a routine on stage in Philadelphia last month.
The fallout may continue for Cosby. NBC had previously announced a new project with the comedian in which he would star as the patriarch in a new multigenerational sitcom. The status of that project has not yet changed officially, but it does not have a script, according to NBC.
The latest evidence is the cancellation of a planned appearance by Cosby, scheduled for Wednesday, on David Letterman's late-night show on CBS. The show declined to say on Friday whether Cosby withdrew from the appearance or the show made the decision to replace him. "We can't comment on the booking process," a spokeswoman for the show, Kim Izzo-Emmet, said.
But Regis Philbin, who has always been Letterman's go-to guest in case of a late cancellation, is now listed on the show's website as the main guest that night. The news of the Letterman cancellation was first published by Newsday.
The move follows by a few weeks the cancellation by Cosby of a guest appearance on the Queen Latifah daytime talk show. In that case, the show reported that the change was made at Cosby's request. Cosby did visit with Stephen Colbert on September 24 on Comedy Central and with Jimmy Fallon on NBC's "Tonight" show on Aug. 18.
On Thursday, The Washington Post posted online a first-person 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 period of time when he was mentoring her as a young actress. That was at the same time he was starring in the biggest hit on television, "The Cosby Show."
Bowman's allegations follow similar charges by other women, one of whom, Andrea Constand, filed a civil suit against Mr. Cosby in 2005, which promised to include testimony from 13 other then-unnamed women. One of those was Bowman, she said in her article. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount. Both Cosby and his attorney have issued denials of the charges at various points.
This week, an effort to kick up some favorable attention for Cosby, in the form of a thread on Twitter instigated on behalf of Cosby, blew up into a chorus of nasty comments about him sexually assaulting women. The stand-up comic Hannibal Buress stirred a new round of attention on the allegations when he assailed Cosby in a routine on stage in Philadelphia last month.
The fallout may continue for Cosby. NBC had previously announced a new project with the comedian in which he would star as the patriarch in a new multigenerational sitcom. The status of that project has not yet changed officially, but it does not have a script, according to NBC.
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Criticism of one of television's most beloved stars, Bill Cosby, is escalating with renewed attention to allegations that he sexually assaulted women in several incidents decades ago.
I wonder if we will ever find out the truth.
I think you are right..."Money talks.....etc"
If I remember correctly from another article about this, she reported it, and was upset that nobody believed her for 30 years.