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Bill Cosby jokes woman should be careful drinking near him

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, entertainer and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony, at The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. In an amended complaint filed Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass., two women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual offenses decades ago joined a defamation lawsuit against Cosby. The lawsuit originally was filed in December 2014 by Tamara Green, who said Cosby drugged and assaulted her in the 1970s. The two new plaintiffs are Therese Serignese, who said he drugged and raped her in 1976, and Linda Traitz, who alleges he tried to drug her and then sexually groped her in 1970. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, entertainer and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony, at The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. In an amended complaint filed Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass., two women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual offenses decades ago joined a defamation lawsuit against Cosby. The lawsuit originally was filed in December 2014 by Tamara Green, who said Cosby drugged and assaulted her in the 1970s. The two new plaintiffs are Therese Serignese, who said he drugged and raped her in 1976, and Linda Traitz, who alleges he tried to drug her and then sexually groped her in 1970. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

By Associated Press January 8, 2015 1 min read

LONDON, Ontario (AP) – Bill Cosby has jokingly warned a woman in the audience during a show in Canada to be careful drinking around him.

Cosby made the remark Thursday at his second performance in a row after a string of cancellations that followed sexual assault allegations from more than 15 women. Some of the women accused Cosby of drugging them by slipping something in their drinks before he assaulted them.

A woman who got up from one of the front rows and walked past the stage was asked by Cosby where she was going. When she answered that she was going to the lobby to grab a drink Cosby responded: “You have to be careful about drinking around me.” The remark was met with loud applause.