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Bill Cosby returns to the stage and receives standing ovation at benefit for women's organization as new actress comes forward to say he forced her into oral sex

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  • Bill Cosby returned to the stage on Thursday, receiving a standing ovation as her performed in the Bahamas
  • The event he performed at was a benefit for a women's service organization
  • Cosby skipped the afterparty, though his wife Camille did attend, leaving after an hour
  • This as actress Louisa Moritz has come forward to saw Cosby forced her into sex backstage at the Carson Show in 1971
  • Moritz claims Cosby said he would further her career if she went through with the act
  • The actress says she now plans on filing a civil suit

By Nick Fagge In Bahamas For Mailonline

Published: 00:22 EST, 21 November 2014 | Updated: 00:22 EST, 21 November 2014

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Shameless sexual predator Bill Cosby made his first public appearance Thursday since several woman have come forward to say they were drugged and raped by the entertainer.

The 77-year-old TV icon carried off his well- scripted performance in front of a tame audience in the Bahamas to rapturous applause.

The show was also a benefit for a women's service organization.

This as actress Louisa Moritz became the latest woman to come forward and accuse Cosby of sexual assault, saying he once forced her into oral sex and implied he would further her career if she went through with it.

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Back in action: Bill Cosby made his return to the stage on Thursday (above) performing in the Bahamas at an event to benefit a women's organization and receiving a standing ovation

Back in action: Bill Cosby made his return to the stage on Thursday (above) performing in the Bahamas at an event to benefit a women's organization and receiving a standing ovation

Coming forward: This as actress Louisa Moritz came forward to clam Cpsby once forced her to perform oral sex on him

Coming forward: This as actress Louisa Moritz came forward to clam Cpsby once forced her to perform oral sex on him

Moritz, 68, says she was backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1971 when Cosby stuck his penis in her mouth.

The One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest actress told TMZ, 'He took his hands and put them on the back of my head and forced his penis in my mouth, saying, "have a taste of this. It will do you good in so many ways."'

Cosby then left the room and said, 'Now you don't want to upset me and the plans for your future, do you?'

Moritz says she now plans on filing a civil suit.

As for Thursday, Cosby failed to make an appearance at the after show reception held in his honor following his show, with his long suffering wife Camille coming instead.

She left the luxurious Atlantis Resort after an hour in a second hand Toyota Jeep.

Dressed casually in loose sweatpants, a grey sweat shirt bearing the words 'Hello Friend' and brown sandals he paraded around the stage acting out anecdotes from his childhood.

He recounted arguments with his younger brother Russell, being reprimanded by his mother and being punished by his father.

He talked of his hard younger life 'living in the projects' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And he described how his mother beat him 'within an inch of his life' with a belt and threatened to have him 'given to another family'.

He continued to describe his time in the US Navy when he and his contemporaries would 'spend the afternoon lying'.

His response: Cosby finally responded to the recent allegations a few weeks back, saying he has 'no comment' during an interview with his wife Camille (above)

His response: Cosby finally responded to the recent allegations a few weeks back, saying he has 'no comment' during an interview with his wife Camille (above)

Members of the audience joined in as Cosby described how children from the South would be told to cut a 'switch' to be beaten by their angry parents.

He went on to tell anecdotes from his long marriage to wife.

However Cosby did not mention his years of adultery or the growing allegations that he drugged and raped over a dozen women.

Strong Armed security guards patrolled the theater throughout Cosby's 90-minute set enforcing a strict 'No Photography' policy.

The audience were warned not to take pictures or record any of the show with their smart phones or be ejected from the theater.

However Cosby alluded to the sex scandal surrounding him on an ab lib when a phone phone went off in the audience.

He broke off mid sentence to say, said; 'Tell them I'm not here'.

Cosby was given a rousing applause as he left the stage.

No one from the audience mentioned the sex assault allegations against the star.

THE WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE DRUGGED AND RAPED BY COSBY

Andrea Constand - A Temple University employee, she claimed in 2006 that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Philadelphia-area mansion two years earlier. Cosby eventually settled this suit out of court as the prosecution said they had 13 Jane Does who would testify Cosby did the same to them in the past.

Barbara Bowman - Bowman told MailOnline that Cosby raped and drugged her back in 1985 when she was a 17-year-old aspiring actress. Bowman was one of the 13 Jane Does in the 2006 trial against Cosby.

Joan Tarshis - Tarshis claimed that she was just 19-years-old when Cosby drugged and raped her twice in Hollywood back in 1969 while she was working as a writer for him.

Janice Dickinson - The supermodel said in an interview that Cosby asked her to come to Lake Tahoe and talk about a television role in 1982, but ended up drugging and raping her.

Tamara Green - Green, who first came forward in 2005 told MailOnline that she was an aspiring actress in the 1970s when Cosby gave her pills and pretended to care for her while she had the flu, but instead sexually assaulted her.

Therese Serignese - Also one of the 13 Jane Does, she says she was 19 when Cosby drugged and raped her in Las Vegas after one of his shows.

Cosby fans tonight also gave the star their backing.

David Friemann, 62, from New Jersey, said: 'I don't care what these girls are saying about Bill Crosby I like him, he's s good guy.'

Duane Boakes, 57, from Atlanta, Georgia, said: 'I love Bill Crosby. He has been my hero since I was a kid. I ain't going to stop supporting him now.'

Five women have come forward in the past month and claimed that they were drugged and raped by Cosby, four of them when they were teenagers.

One of the accusers is supermodel Janice Dickinson, who claims that during a dinner in 1982 the actor gave her a pill and when she woke up he was on top of her.

The other four ladies; Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis, Tamara Green and Therese Serignese have all shared remarkably similar stories in which they claim to have shared a drink or a pill with Cosby and then woken up after or while they say he was sexually assaulting them.

Also coming forward recently is Carla Ferrigno, wife of Incredibly Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, who says Cosby tried to sexually assault her at a part at his house in 1967.

What's more, Cosby even tried to use a friend to help court Ferrigno, and made his move on the former Playboy Bunny just moments after hiw own wife, Camille, left the room.

When asked to speak about these claims in an AP interview, Cosby said he had 'no response' and 'no comment.'

These allegations are already having a major impact on his work however, with Netflix postponing the airing of his new comedy special, Bill Cosby 77, which was due to air the day after Thanksgiving, and NBC pulling the plug on a comedy project they were developing with the Cosby Show star.

Cosby has also had scheduled appearances on talk shows including The Queen Latifah Show and Late Night With David Letterman cancelled in the wake of these allegations.

TV Land has also announced they will no longer air reruns of The Cosby Show on the network.

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