Damon Wayans on 'Breakfast Club': Calls Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Allegations a 'Money Hustle'
Comedian Damon Wayans admits he doesn't believe the rape allegations levied against Bill Cosby by dozens of women over the last several months.
Appearing on an episode of the "The Breakfast Club" radio show last Friday, People magazine reports Wayans added, "I think it's a money hustle."
Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of drugging and sexually assaulting them over a period that spans more than four decades and reportedly commenced sometime in the 1960s. Several institutions have now disassociated or severed all relations with the legendary performer, as more of the intimate details stemming from his alleged transgressions have become public.
Cosby also faces an upcoming deposition hearing related to a civil case filed by by famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred for client Judy Huth, an accuser who alleges she was assaulted more than 40 years ago at the Playboy Mansion when she was just 15 years old.
With that, Wayans added he wonders why the same sort of fate hasn't come to white celebrities such as Woody Allen and Stephen Collins, both of whom have faced similar allegations to those now lodged against Cosby.
Wayans has since taken to Twitter to implore all his growing critics to "stop twisting my words." He added, "Watch the entire interview before you condemn me."
Along with the post, he also included a link to a specific segment of the interview, where he opined, "For them, my heart goes out to them. For anybody who was raped by Bill Cosby, I'm sorry and I hope you get justice."
Wayans' whole dialogue about Cosby was prompted by an interviewer's question about what advice he might give his fellow comedian.
After answering with the advice "tell the truth," Wayans' added, "If I was him, I would divorce my wife, wink-wink, give her all my money, and then I would go do a deposition. I would light one of them three-hour cigars. I'd have some wine and maybe a Quaalude, and I would just go off, because I don't believe that he was raping."
Instead, Wayans insisted he believes Cosby was in a relationship with many of the women and they became angry when he sought to break things off.
"And some of them, really, is unrapeable," he joked.
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