Bill Cosby responds to concert heckler who shouts '38 women called you a rapist!'

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Comedian Bill Cosby was rudely interrupted by a heckler during his Baltimore concert Friday night.

Concertgoer Michael. M. Crook captured cell phone video of the incident, which occurred about 15 minutes into Cosby’s set.

“38 women called you a rapist!” Michael M. Crook shouted, later adding, “Tell the one about how to get away with rape,” to which Cosby shouted, “Stop it!”

In an interview with City Paper, Crook defended Cosby’s accusers.

“I stood up to Bill Cosby tonight because I believe the 38 women who have come forward so far to accuse him of raping them,” said Crook, who was later removed from the audience by security. “I can’t speak for those women, but I am determined to stand up with them and tell Mr. Cosby that he cannot simply avoid answering for those crimes.”

“I wanted [Cosby] to have to face, even if only for a moment, that reality before security escorted me out and allowed him to retreat to the comfort and embrace of audience willing to ignore those women,” Crook added.

Audience members immediately came to Cosby’s defense before the comedian added, “Just remain calm…. We are here to enjoy my gift. We are not here to argue. Let those people speak. We will find them and ask them to leave.”

Prior to Cosby’s performance Friday night, about 20 protesters gathered in front of the performance venue on behalf of Baltimore’s sexual-assault victim advocacy group in a protest called, “Your fame won’t shame anymore!”

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