{"id":120106,"date":"2014-11-22T07:39:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=120106"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:07:58","slug":"jon-jones-defends-bill-cosby-rape-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jon-jones-defends-bill-cosby-rape-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones defends Bill Cosby over rape allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones defended Bill Cosby, who has recently caught heat for a comedy routine from the 1980’s in which he makes jokes about using drugs to rape women.<\/p>\n

Jones was approached by TMZ <\/a> outside of LAX International airport, where the champ was asked about the allegations toward Bill Cosby.<\/p>\n

“I love Bill Cosby.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jones quickly recognized the allegations thrown at Cosby and asked for clarifications.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, supposedly, what’d he do? He raped somebody, right?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jones then used a classic Bill Cosby routine to crack a joke about the situation before defending Cosby, someone he says he looked up to as a child.<\/p>\n

“Nah..nuh uh, not the Jello Pudding,”<\/p>\n

“Nah, I don’t think Bill Cosby would do that. I’ve never met him but from what I’ve seen, he seems to be a class act. You know? I kind of grew up admiring him as a black actor and um…I really hope that’s not true. I mean, he’s Bill Cosby, he shouldn’t have to take it they should be…”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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