One model is taking a shocking stand in favor of Bill Cosby.
Seventies supermodel Rosie Vela says he’s innocent.
The Texas blonde — who had a moderately successful career as a singer-songwriter after her days as a covergirl — recently posted on Facebook that Cosby never tried to rape her fellow models Beverly Johnson and Janice Dickinson.
“Them’s fibs, cuz. I was there when both talked on the phone to [various men]. Pretty saucy too,” Vela, who was close friends with Johnson back in the day, posted.
Johnson and Dickinson are among the dozens of women who claim Cosby drugged them and tried to rape them. The statute of limitations has run out to press criminal charges, but seven women are suing Cosby, claiming he defamed them by calling them liars.
Vela, who lives in Barbados, says of her former friends, “I think they’ll never pass through St. Peter’s Gates with their lips! They need to own up to the truth.”
Others says it’s really Vela who needs to own up to the truth. Art dealer Robert Dupont — who appeared with Johnson on the reality show “Beverly’s Full House” — told me, “I think it’s insane. I believe Beverly.”
A rep for Johnson said “No comment” when asked about Vela’s claims. Dickinson’s team did not respond by deadline.