Bill Cosby says he won’t testify at his June sex-assault trial, but his reasons are confusing.
“More than two sides to every story,” the 79-year-old comedian told SiriusXM’s Michael Smerconish. “I just don’t want to sit there and have to figure out what I believe is the truthful answer or whether or not I’m opening a can of something.”
The interview airing Tuesday morning represents the first time he’s spoken publicly in two years about the allegations, said the New York Daily News.
“If a jury says so forth and so on, there’s still public opinion,” he said. “I know the side that I’m on and the side that I’m hoping for and after that there’s more work to be done.”
The Daily News added: “During the 30-minute interview, Cosby also confirmed that he is registered in the state of Massachusetts as ‘legally unsighted.’ He told Smerconish that he has several bumps on his forehead that prove he’s walked into things here and there.”
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Bill Cosby says he will not testify at his trial and that the allegations against him may be motivated by racism https://t.co/cDvu5yQGGG
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) May 16, 2017
Bill Cosby’s Daughters Speak Out: ‘Our Father Has Been Publicly Lynched’ https://t.co/YI6OPucAwy
— HipHopzilla.com (@HipHopzilla) May 15, 2017
Bill Cosby blames his legal woes on racism. It’s not because you drugged and raped multiple women? Good luck with that defense.
— Bama (@auburnsux) May 16, 2017
Bill Cosby’s on trial, Bruce Jenner is a woman & Donald Trump’s president.
The 80s didn’t turn out at all like we expected
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) May 16, 2017