Bill Cosby tries to quash tape of reporter's sex-assault questions
Reported on Nov. 20, 2014, with sexual assault allegations gaining increasing attention, The Associated Press reviewed an on camera interview with Bill Cosby earlier this month and made the decision to publish his full reaction to questions about the claims. (Credit: AP)
In a newly released excerpt from a longer video interview, Bill Cosby asks The Associated Press to delete his replies to questions about the mounting allegations of past sexual assaults.
"No, no, we don't answer that," the comedian, 77, told reporter Brett Zongker, when asked his thoughts on being at the center of many recent news stories. As Zongker attempted to follow up, Cosby told him, "There's no response. . . . There is no comment about that," adding after a pause, "And I'll tell you why. I think you were told -- I don't want to compromise your integrity, but we don't -- I don't talk about it."
As the Nov. 6 interview, primarily about his loan of several works to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, was ending, Cosby asked, "Now, can I get something from you? That none of that will be shown. . . . And I would appreciate it if it was scuttled."
The AP said the interview was on the record and there was no agreement to avoid questions about the allegations. Cosby says on the video that "the reason why we didn't say that up front was because we thought that AP had [the] integrity to not ask."
"As this story has evolved, there is a very real desire for people to hear from a man whom many have been listening to their whole lives," AP managing editor for entertainment Lou Ferrara said in a statement.
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