--- title: Bill Cosby Rape Accusations: Camille Cosby Defends Husband description: Wife of Bill Cosby addresses sexual assault allegations against him in a new letter canonical: https://time.com/3634786/camille-cosby-defends-bill/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-15T22:42:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T21:39:37.000Z og:title: Camille Cosby Forcefully Defends Her Husband og:description: Wife of Bill Cosby addresses sexual assault allegations against him og:url: https://time.com/3634786/camille-cosby-defends-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98da5219bfc32303/69876efe428a9e38e9cc6142/camille-cosby.jpg?branch=production&width=933&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 933 og:image:height: 525 og:image:alt: Apollo Theater 75th Anniversary Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Camille Cosby Forcefully Defends Her Husband twitter:description: Wife of Bill Cosby addresses sexual assault allegations against him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98da5219bfc32303/69876efe428a9e38e9cc6142/camille-cosby.jpg?branch=production&width=933&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Camille Cosby Forcefully Defends Her Husband > Sponsored content. 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Bryan Bedder—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:39 PM UTCPublished: Dec 15, 2014 10:42 PM UTC The wife of Bill Cosby fiercely defended her husband in a statement Monday as outrage continues to mount over accusations that he drugged and raped multiple women throughout his career. Camille Cosby, who has largely remained silent on the allegations, released a letter that compared the accusations against the actor and comedian to _Rolling Stone_‘s explosive [story](http://time.com/3601041/university-virginia-outrage-rape/) of an alleged rape at the University of Virginia. [Discrepancies](http://time.com/3620643/uva-gang-rape-rolling-stone-jackie/) that emerged after publication of that story cast doubt on the accuracy of the piece. “The story was devastating, but ultimately appears to be proved to be untrue,” she writes in the comparison. “None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim,” she adds. “But the question should be asked — who is the victim?” The entertainer has faced accusations of sexual assault from more than a dozen women and has largely declined to address the claims. In a [recent interview](http://time.com/3632940/bill-cosby-briefly-talks-sex-assault-allegations/) with the New York _Post_, he praised his wife and admitted that his public relations representatives “don’t want me talking to the media.” ### Bill Cosby’s Public Life in Photos  Bill Cosby performs on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. CBS/Getty Images  A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1965. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Bill Cosby poses with his Emmy for his role in I Spy at the Primetime Emmy Awards in New York City in 1966. AP  A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1969. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Bill Cosby performs on The Second Bill Cosby Special in 1969. Fred Sabine—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the "Concert at Town Hall" at Town Hall in New York City in 1971. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show. NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in The Cosby Show. Frank Carroll—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1992. Wendy Perl—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C. LAWRENCE JACKSON—AP  Host Bill Cosby speaks onstage at the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf Astoria in 2011 in New York City. Stephen Lovekin—Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the 2011 Temple University Commencement at the Liacouras Center in 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa. Gilbert Carrasquillo—Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the 2014 American Comedy Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 26, 2014 in New York City. 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