Disney Removes Statue of Bill Cosby From Hollywood Studios Theme Park

In this May 1, 2015 photo, a bust of actor and comedian Bill Cosby is on display at Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Fla. Walt Disney World officials removed the bust from the park late Tuesday, July 7, 2015.... In this May 1, 2015 photo, a bust of actor and comedian Bill Cosby is on display at Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Fla. Walt Disney World officials removed the bust from the park late Tuesday, July 7, 2015. The removal of the statute came after court documents unsealed on Monday revealed that Cosby testified in 2005 that he'd obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with. (AP Photo/Tony Winton) MORE LESS
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios removed a statue of Bill Cosby on Tuesday after the theme park closed for the night. The company’s decision, first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, came in the wake of new revelations that the iconic comic admitted to drugging and sexually assaulting multiple young women.

Earlier this week, the Associated Press obtained court documents from 2005 in which Cosby testified that he purchased and administered Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, with the intention of incapacitating women he wanted to have sex with. He has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women in a string of incidents that span decades.

An online petition calling for Disney to remove the bronze bust from the theme park’s Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza had circulated for months. Disney provided the Sentinel with no further comment on its decision to delay the bust’s removal until Tuesday night.

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