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Considering Testifying

[Blind Gossip] As the Bill Cosby trial spins up, there is a Hollywood star who is considering testifying on his behalf!

Yes, you read that correctly. While most of Cosby’s old pals want nothing to do with him and are trying hard to distance themselves from the trial, one man may actually step up to defend Cosby.

Why?

It’s a quid pro quo kind of thing. He is scared that he’s going to get dragged into the discussion about what they all used to do back then to get girls to have sex with them, and then his reputation will get ruined because he used to do something similar. He wants a guarantee that if he stands up for Bill, Bill’s attorneys will keep him from getting accused of anything. It would be kind of like getting immunity. Deal isn’t done yet.

The man we are talking about is a well-known performer who is now over 50 years old.

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Cosby’s Friend:

[Optional] Should the man testify to save himself?

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  1. Selena says

    Lou Ferrigno? There were stories of him going on dates with girls with Cosby and the girls being drugged.

  2. Insiderher says

    I don’t get this at all. Only ppl who’ve defended BC have awful reps, and what jury would believe Damon Wayans or Eddie Griffin on anything? Unless it’s someone w a wholesome rep, it wouldn’t help BC, & would damage rep of whoever testifies. With “testify” & other Christian/preacher type words,
    I say a famous black preacher type? Al Sharpton? Who?
    Oh crap-Harry Belafonte plays PREACHER in a film. His character is called Preacher, and he is a fake. Walks around w a big bible. Pray I’m…

  3. Marvella says

    It’s going to be career suicide for whoever it is. How can being a character witness for Bill Cosby possibly do them any good.

  5. Baileygirl says

    I don’t think it is Nicholson because he retired from acting due to memory issues. Steve Harvey -no, not in the mix in those days. Beatty-no, Annette Bening would nix it. That leaves Hef and James Caan from that group. Hef is not an actor, so that leaves Caan, but I doubt he is the one. It’s got to be someone flying under the radar for a long time. Cosby’s lawyers can’t guarantee that he would get a type of immunity from prosecution. They are probably hearing the actor out to find a defense.

  7. Xanadu says

    Eddie Murphy

    Realistically, I can’t see any male celeb testifying for him. Why would anyone unleash that kind of creepy connection on themselves?

    • Xanadu says

      Alternative: Damon Wayans – who called the women who came forward “unrapeable”.

      (I hope he never works again)

  8. palmtreeenthusiast says

    This is disgusting, and I don’t see how BC’s attorneys can stop women from coming forward and trying to have him prosecuted. I understand the statute of limitations has likely expired on all offenses, but defense lawyers can’t control prosecution. Not legally anyhow. I hope he takes the “deal,” testifies on BC’s behalf, and then is made to be a liar and a scam artist after the fact. Creepy creepy rapists.

  10. GretaGuesses says

    Gosh, it could be anyone. I was raised in the 70s, and have heard of stories like this as far back as I can remember. Cosby certainly wasn’t the only one! The casting couch, voluntarily or involuntarily, was pretty much known as a rite of passage back then. Hollywood has always been full of perverts, I do believe.

  14. amagod121 says

    Bill Clinton
    Optional: Nope!

    Actually, it’s probably Tom Jones in this particular case.
    Optional: Nope!

  15. Insiderher says

    This is VERY tough-since anyone testifying FOR Cosby would need to have an impeccable reputation to be taken at all seriously. ONLY male celebs with clean reps & close Cosby friendship I hate to even name-Poitier and Belafonte. Neither has said a word directly about Cos-so it seems unlikely either would ruin their reps by testifying.
    Actor/celebs Cosby hung with were Playboy pol-Nicholson, Beatty, James Caan
    Hef will not speak and who’d listen anyway? ALL have awful reps
    I vote James Caan

  17. Aurelia says

    Robert Blake?
    Optional: Nope, he testifies the defense is still going to eviscerate him.

    • Vampira says

      Oops…he’s not a performer….but he was in the blinds as sort of an accomplice on occasions.

    • ChattyCat says

      Mel Gibson would’ve been in Australia at the time….looking very handsome and not needing to lure women into bed through debauched tactics

    • Mia444 says

      That’s the rationalization so many people use to defend rapists: They’re good looking, they can have their pick of anyone, why resort to assault? Because they enjoy it! I’m not saying that Mel Gibson is guilty of anything except being an *, only that being handsome (as he once was) does not preclude engaging in dirty deeds so let’s squelch that erroneous logic.

    • ninanicole says

      I don’t see any of them needing or even wanting to drug anyone, they were huge stars coming out of the gate and they’re all charismatic ladies men. And I don’t think they were bffs with Cosby lol

  26. BunnieBoo says

    I’m guessing Harry Belafonte or Sidney Poitier. They were very close in the 60s and 70s

    • TheSalmon says

      WOW.
      well, that would certainly shock a lot of people, and ruin their reps.
      But frankly, so will testifying FOR Bill Cosby, right?

  27. algarve2016 says

    Robin Thicke

    I think the guy had better testify. His reputation is practically toast, and this would end his career and his fun times would be over.

    • Dirty Squirrel says

      Bingo. Cosby practically lived at the Playboy Mansion in the 70s-80s.

    • itstarapagain says

      Yes and there was also their very own Dr. Feelgood who was a regular at the Mansion. Dr. Saginor who prescribed downers, Including ludes. His daughter Jennifer wrote a book that is

    • Tequila Mama says

      Ding ding ding, I think you are right. I believe in an interview (along time ago) Bill Cosby mentioned that he got the quaaludes from Hugh Hefner.

    • PollyMetropolitan says

      He did have a show at one time, so maybe??? I think of him more of a celebrity, though.

    • TheSalmon says

      Also, he’s not likely to worry about ruining his rep with drug use. Don’t think anybody will be surprised or scandalized to learn there were lots of drugs at the Playboy Mansion in the 70s.

    • Catfink says

      But didn’t Hugh distance himself from Cosby? God I want this to be Hugh, this will DESTROY his legacy.

    • huhwhoami says

      I was thinking Steve might not have been relevant enough way back, but Bill Maher was in the mix back then.