Saudi- Jay Leno voices support for Cosby accusers

(MENAFN- Arab News) LOS ANGELES: Former NBC late night host Jay Leno voiced his support on Wednesday for the women who have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted by comedian Bill Cosby.Leno who stepped down as host of 'The Tonight Show' last year was asked at a National Association of Television Program Executives conference what he thought of the allegations against Cosby.'I don't know why it's so hard to believe women' he replied.Over the last three months more than a dozen women have come forward alleging that Cosby had sexually abused them. Many of those allegations are decades old and fall outside the statute of limitations for criminal or civil cases.Cosby's attorney Marty Singer has dismissed the allegations as 'discredited' and 'defamatory.'At Wednesday's conference Leno added that he supported the way the allegations against Cosby were brought into the spotlight after standup comedian Hannibal Buress called Cosby a rapist during a performance last October.'He made a flat-out statement that reverberated around the world. If that was on TV it would have been edited. If it were on any other medium it would have been edited' Leno said.'But because somebody just filmed it and put it out there you're getting your news raw and unfiltered which I think is fantastic.'Leno's comments come after actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner who played Cosby's son on television told music trade magazine Billboard that he found it painful to hear the claims that the comedian sexually abused more than a dozen women.