Comedian's Interview With David Letterman Cancelled

November 16, 2014 10:02 AM

This becomes the 2nd major TV interview Cosby is cancelling in a month over rape allegations

Bill Cosby's upcoming appearance on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" has also been canceled amid on going rape allegations that he sexually assaulted several women in the past.

Cosby spokesman David Brokaw confirmed Friday night that Cosby would not appear next Wednesday as previously scheduled but did not say why.

Meanwhile, "Late Show" representative Kimberly Izzo-Emmet said, "We can't comment on the guest booking process." She said Regis Philbin would be the replacement guest.

This becomes the second major cancellation in a month for the veteran actor. On October 30, his appearance on The Queen Latifah Show" was turned at Cosby's request and the show claimed it was only being postponed.

Barbara Bowman,47, one of Cosby's accusers, has recently leveled allegations of sexual assault by the comic in interviews and in a Washington Post online column, writing that "Cosby won my trust as a 17-year-old aspiring actress in 1985, brainwashed me into viewing him as a father figure, and then assaulted me multiple times."

The standup comedian Hannibal Buress last month brought heat on Cosby at a performance in Philadelphia. His routine, during which he assailed Cosby as "a rapist," was captured on video and posted online, gaining wide exposure.

The 77-year-old Cosby, who was never criminally charged in any of the cases, settled a civil suit in 2006 with another woman over an alleged incident two years before.

Cosby has declined to comment on the recent resurgence of allegations.