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  • Barbi Benton Recalls Bill Cosby Visiting Playboy Mansion Often

    Barbi Benton, longtime girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, recently told the Daily Mail that Bill Cosby was a regular at the Playboy mansion when she was living there at the age of 19.

    She said Cosby would show up almost every Friday and Saturday and that although he was married at the time, she wasn’t aware of it.

    Benton claimed that Cosby would meet up with the same woman every time he visited the mansion, but would not share the name of the woman.

    “Bill Cosby was one of the first people I met at the mansion, shortly after I met Hef in 1968,” Benton recalled. I didn’t know whether he was married or not — I was 18, I wasn’t about to ask him. It was unusual for a family man to be at the Mansion — especially as regularly as Cosby was.”

    Cosby got married in 1964 and by 1968 already had two children and a third on the way. Benton said that Cosby’s relationship with the woman went on for over a year and that the woman was not one of the women who have accused Cosby of rape and sexual abuse and that she was a willing participant.

    Benton said that she never saw Cosby act inappropriately with any of the girls and that if anything would have happened Hef would have never let him back in the mansion because he was very protective of the girls.

    “I am sure that Hef knew nothing of these allegations,” she said. “If he had done he would have barred Bill Cosby from the Mansion, even though he was such a good friend.”

    Hefner himself has said that he could not believe Cosby would commit such acts and would have never tolerated it.

    “Bill Cosby has been a good friend for many years and the mere thought of these allegations is truly saddening. I would never tolerate this kind of behavior, regardless of who was involved,” he told Variety.

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  • Barbi Benton, Former Playboy Bunny, Says Bill Cosby a Regular at Playboy Mansion

    Barbi Benton, a well-known 60s and 70s playboy bunny and long-time girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, claims Bill Cosby was a regular at the Playboy Mansion and had a “bunny girlfriend” within four years of his marriage.

    Benton told the Daily Mail Cosby visited Hefner’s famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles regularly and met up with an unidentified woman. She added that Cosby hung out at the mansion nearly every Friday and Saturday night, despite the fact he was married at the time.

    “Bill Cosby was one of the first people I met at the mansion, shortly after I met Hef in 1968,” Benton said.

    “I didn’t know whether he was married or not — I was 18, I wasn’t about to ask him.”

    “It was unusual for a family man to be at the Mansion — especially as regularly as Cosby was,” she noted.

    Cosby married Camille in 1964, and the couple had two children and a third on the way by 1968.

    “I saw him there so many times I couldn’t count them. He would come to be with this one particular girl — I am not going to name her, but I will say that her name has not come out in any of the recent accusations against Cosby,” Benton said.

    Benton conceded she never heard rumors of Cosby raping anyone at the mansion, as has been reported.

    To date, more than 20 women have come forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct, including allegations of rape.

    Benton noted that “the mansion wasn’t a place to get sex and that if a girl agreed to do anything, it was always meant to be of her own accord. She is sure that claims against Bill Cosby never reached the ears of Hefner, who she said was very protective over the girls,” according to Inquisitr.

    “I am sure that Hef knew nothing of these allegations,” she said. “If he had done he would have barred Bill Cosby from the Mansion, even though he was such a good friend.”