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In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby and his wife Camille laugh as they tell a story about collecting one of the pieces in the upcoming exhibit, “Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington. Camille Cosby released a statement on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 in support of her husband. The statement is the first public comment from Cosby’s long-time wife since a wave of sexual assault allegations began swirling several weeks ago.

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Camille Cosby Defends Husband as ‘Kind, Generous’

Bill Cosby’s wife rejected sex assault allegations against her husband of a half-century on last week, saying the man being accused by at least 15 women of drugging and having sex with them is “a man I do not know.” In a statement issued Monday, Camille Cosby dismissed accusations that date back as far as the late 1960s.