In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines To Discuss Assault Allegations
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Scott Neuman, Nov. 15, 2014, NPR
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In an NPR interview with Bill Cosby that aired today on Weekend Edition Saturday, the comedian discusses the loan of 62 pieces of African Art for an exhibition in Washington, D.C.
But there's one thing the 77-year-old actor would not comment on: accusations of sexual assault that have been leveled against him.
Those allegations resurfaced in recent weeks. In a column published Friday in The Washington Post, Barbara Bowman, who in 1985 was a 17-year-old aspiring actress on theCosby Show, says the comic actor "brainwashed me into viewing him as a father figure, and then assaulted me multiple times."
Read more: www.npr.org
But there's one thing the 77-year-old actor would not comment on: accusations of sexual assault that have been leveled against him.
Those allegations resurfaced in recent weeks. In a column published Friday in The Washington Post, Barbara Bowman, who in 1985 was a 17-year-old aspiring actress on theCosby Show, says the comic actor "brainwashed me into viewing him as a father figure, and then assaulted me multiple times."
Read more: www.npr.org
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