{"id":39413,"date":"2015-01-22T14:29:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39413"},"modified":"2015-01-22T14:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T06:29:19","slug":"1200-have-requested-refunds-for-bill-cosbys-denver-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/22\/1200-have-requested-refunds-for-bill-cosbys-denver-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"1,200 have requested refunds for Bill Cosby&#8217;s Denver shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32019\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_216030229.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32019\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_216030229.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Cosby (Randy Miramontez \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_216030229.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_216030229-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_216030229-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Cosby (Randy Miramontez \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER &#8212; The director of Denver&#8217;s Arts &amp; Venues department says nearly 40 percent of the tickets originally purchased for Bill Cosby&#8217;s comedy shows in the city were returned for refunds.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dpo.st\/1zxAuWF\">Denver Post<\/a> reports Kent Rice told the city council this week that patrons requested refunds for 1,200 of the 3,100 tickets sold &#8211; or 38.7 percent. The Buell Theatre holds 2,884 people per show, so Cosby&#8217;s two sets Jan. 17 could have accommodated a total of 5,768.<\/p>\n<p>The 77-year-old comedian is facing sexual assault accusations from at least 15 women, with some of the claims dating back decades. He&#8217;s denied the allegations through his attorney and hasn&#8217;t been charged.<\/p>\n<p>Cosby performed to a welcoming Denver audience, despite a protest by about 100 people chanting &#8220;Rape is not a joke!&#8221; and &#8220;No means no!&#8221; outside the theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER &#8212; The director of Denver&#8217;s Arts &amp; Venues department says nearly 40 percent of the tickets originally purchased for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":32019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}