14 DAY TRIAL // Bill Cosby's TV career may be taking a dive after the many rape accusations that have surfaced in the last couple of weeks, but his stand-up career is still flourishing. The comedian performed in Florida yesterday evening and managed to sell out the venue where he appeared and even got a standing ovation at the end, a clear sign that people still refuse to believe the accusations.
Meanwhile, one more woman has come forward to claim that Bill used the technique of drugging her before he fondled her without her permission. The worst part is that she claims Cosby did this while she was still 15.
One more woman steps forward to accuse Cosby or drugging and raping her
Renita Chaney Hill is quoted by NY Daily News as saying that Cosby laced her drink with disabling drugs that knocked her out, but not before she got some last images of Cosby kissing and fondling her as she passed out.
“One time, I remember just before I passed out, I remember him kissing and touching me and I remember the taste of his cigar on his breath, and I didn’t like it,” Hill told the media. She also recollected another separate incident: “I remember another time when I woke up in my bed the next day and he was leaving. He mentioned, ‘You should probably lose a little weight.’ I thought that odd. How would he know that?”
It was confessions like these that led to Cosby, known as “America's Dad,” getting some of his stand-up comedy appearances canceled in places like Nevada, South Carolina, Arizona, Illinois, and Washington State.
The public seems to side with Cosby, refusing to believe the rape accusations
However, when he played in Florida last night, he did so to a packed house at the King Center in Melbourne. Fans say that his show was flawless and that they felt the need to cheer him at the end “We stood up immediately and gave him a standing ovation,” says one fan who also points out that “He went out and did his show. He didn’t address any of the stuff in the news.”
Sadly for Cosby, the evidence against him is piling up. Yesterday, photos released by Janice Dickinson from the night he presumably raped her in 1982 emerged. His appearance coincided with that the former model gave in her interview with ET – a much younger Bill, in a patchwork robe, with nothing underneath.
Also yesterday, the National Enquirer released a series of audio recordings from a 2005 interview in which Cosby admitted hesitantly that people in his situation would “cry for help” and that he found it “unfair” people accused him of trying to defend himself as a celebrity – with an army of lawyers.
