Movie icon SIDNEY POITIER is furious over fears that his final years will be tarnished by Bill Cosby’s alleged twisted history of sexual assault!
The 87-year-old Oscar winner is “utterly disgusted” by his former on-screen partner, and “sickened” by the allegations that America’s favorite TV dad systematically fed women date rape drugs, a source close to Sidney told The National ENQUIRER.
“Look at Sidney Poitier – unblemished, untainted and distinguished.
“Look at Bill Cosby. Thirty women, they’re not all lying,” explained the Poitier insider.
The respected film star was first linked to Cosby’s victims when Joan Tarshis – one of more than 30 women to have accused Cosby, 77, of sexual assault – wrote about her visits to the set of 1969’s “The Bill Cosby Show.”
“He once introduced me to Sidney Poitier as ‘Midget,’ his pet name for me because I was 5-foot-3,” she noted – before claiming that she was later drugged and raped by the comic in his nearby bungalow.
“I thought I was being clever when I told [Cosby] I had an infection and he would catch it and his wife would know he had sex with someone,” Joan recounted. “But he just found another orifice to use.”
Sidney later teamed up with Cosby to direct and co-star in popular ’70s comedies such as “Let’s Do It Again” and “Uptown Saturday Night” – and then directed his old friend in the 1990 flop “Ghost Dad.”
Cosby allegedly used another project as an opportunity to assault actress Angela Leslie, luring her into a Las Vegas hotel suite for an “audition.”
Angela turned down a cocktail, but claimed she was still attacked by Cosby before being thrown out of the room.
“I didn’t drink the alcohol – and maybe since I didn’t pass out, he decided to get rid of me,” said Angela.
Now Sidney is further humiliated to learn that Hollywood wife Cindra Ladd has joined the parade of Cosby’s accusers, claiming the comic drugged and raped her in 1969. Cindra is the longtime wife of film executive and producer Alan Ladd, Jr. – and a proud Sidney presented her husband with the Best Picture Oscar for “Braveheart” in 1996.
“I can tell you that Mr. Poitier is terribly disgusted by what Bill Cosby has done, and he feels sorry for him,” the source told The ENQUIRER. Sidney has always wanted audiences to understand that the moral men he played on screen “weren’t a far cry from the man he is off screen,” the insider explained.
Meanwhile, Cosby’s sordid secrets expose a monster who was once America’s favorite TV dad. “Have you even heard of whispers about Sidney Poitier?” the source added. “He’s dignified, and remains that way – which is why he will say nothing about Cosby.”
Cosby's lawyers have vehemently denied the allegations.
