Messages left for the comedians or their reps were not returned.
Cosby has also been stung by civil rights leaders he long funded turning away, sources said.
“Jesse Jackson claims to have forgotten Bill’s number and Al Sharpton won’t even return his phone calls,” the source inside the camp said.
“Both of them were vocal in their support of Michael Jackson and the charges against Mike involved kids,” the source added. “So, is this really that toxic when you compare the two? Any other time they’d at least rally to say something about innocent until otherwise proven.”
While Jesse Jackson didn’t specifically address these claims, he did express to The Post last week his concern over jury selection, which ended Wednesday. Only four of the 18 jurors selected, out of a pool of 200, are black. Cosby’s lawyers argued “there has been a systemic exclusion of African-Americans.”
Cosby and his representatives have repeatedly attempted to meet with NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt but the network has blocked it, the Cosby camp source said.
