Bill Cosby A Rapist? Hannibal Buress Jokes About In Stand-up Act

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“In a stand-up set in Philadelphia last Thursday, Hannibal Buress went straight for Bill Cosby’s jugular, calling out the jocular icon on his myriad alleged sexual assaults.

“It’s even worse because Bill Cosby has the f—ing smuggest old black man public persona that I hate,” Buress ranted. “He gets on TV, ‘Pull your pants up black people, I was on TV in the ‘80s. I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom.’ Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches. ‘I don’t curse onstage.’ Well, yeah, you’re rapist, so I’ll take you saying lots of motherf—ers.”

Buress is referring to allegations that came to light back in 2006 when Andrea Constand, a 32-year-old former Temple University employee, claimed that Cosby had drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Philadelphia mansion in 2004. In a civil lawsuit, Constand detailed how Cosby presented her with three pills, which he said were herbal medications that would help alleviate her stress. He insisted that she take all three pills and, once she began to feel drowsy and inert, led her to a sofa because she “could not walk on her own.” Then the assault began.”

Read more from The Daily Beast here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/21/hannibal-buress-says-bill-cosby-is-a-rapist-a-history-of-sexual-assault-allegations.html

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss the allegations. Cenk and Ana go on to discuss whether or not it’s okay to joke about the allegations. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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