Comic who called Cosby a rapist credited after his convictionWilly Sanjuan Hannibal Buress made a joke about Bill Cosby rape allegations in 2014. Standup comic Hannibal Buress, whose 2014 remark about sexual-assault accusations against Bill Cosby went viral, is getting another serious surge of attention. READ MORE:* US comedian Bill Cosby lashes out at prosecutor after guilty verdict* 'Finally some justice': Hollywood weighs in on Cosby verdict* Model Janice Dickinson tells jury Bill Cosby raped her in 1982Buress was silent on the subject after the verdict against Cosby, tweeting out only tour dates, and his representatives didn't respond to requests for a statement. But thousands of people were talking about him on Twitter in posts like these:"Think about the impact Hannibal Buress made.'' He said most of the media coverage contained a "slight dis'' when it called him "unknown comedian Hannibal Buress".

Source: Stuff April 27, 2018 01:41 UTC