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Legendary standup comic Bill Cosby has been fighting a rear-guard action against dozens of rape allegations that came to roost last year, and while hes still in the clear legally (save a confidential legal settlement in 2006), Cosby may have finally brought the curtain down on the public relations front. While he has declined to discuss the subject in interviews, relying on presumption of innocence and his accumulated goodwill to sustain whats left of his career, Cosby has been performing shows to those fans who still give him the benefit of the doubt.
That didnt stop one man from heckling Cosby during the show, screaming You are a rapist. Im being ejected because you are a rapist.
The strangest moment of the night came midway through, when a woman in the front row rose and started walking out. Mr. Cosby asked her something. She appeared to reply that she was getting a drink and asked Mr. Cosby if he wanted one. He declined and then said with a smile you have to be careful about drinking around me. The audience expelled a collective ooooo at the joke then laughed and cheered and the show went on.
It was a remarkable thing for Mr. Cosby to say, a seemingly clear reference to the dozens of women who have accused him of doping their drinks and then raping them.
Read more at http://thedailybanter.com/2015/01/lemons-lemonade-bill-cosby-makes-rape-allegations-part-act/#CmrkzPkSYcBiFDk5.99
Now he's joking about rape. This man is really, really sick.
benz380
(534 posts)I think Cosby is losing it.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Where did he laugh about rape?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Seems to refer back to the women who allegedly were given drinks laced with drugs that knocked them out.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)What do you think he was joking about?
malaise
(269,157 posts)He is a comedian.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)I believe the dozens of women over Cosby. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)that a person is a fan of.
But we have no rape culture.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)Some people wonder why rape victims are reluctant to come forward. It's because they are often victimized all over again.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Excusing rape when celebrities and hero athletes do it is really vile.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)at the civil trials. His lawyer must be appalled.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)If you want proof of rape culture, look at the Cosby fan club.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)He keeps saying to the press he won't speak about it, yet he has the tenacity to joke about it at a show. Bad taste......
shanti
(21,675 posts)Spazito
(50,453 posts)Unfortunately he has one more show in Canada that wasn't cancelled, I hope the people of Hamilton show up in big numbers to protest against him and in support of the women who were brave enough to come forward.