Disney Officials Remove Bill Cosby Statue Amid Drugging Scandal
Lorenze Visco | | Jul 09, 2015 05:07 AM EDT |
(Photo : Reuters) Bill Cosby.
Soon, visitors of Disneyland's Hall of Fame Plaza might not be able to see the statue of Bill Cosby after company decideed to remove the statue after the actor's confession of drugging women for sex.
The theme park execs made the decision after a petition was posted online urging the authorities to remove the statue, which the Times of India reported was a relative of one of the women who was allegedly abused by the "The Electric Company" actor.
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In fact, Gulf News reported that a spokesperson from Disney already stated that the statue, a bronze bust of Bill Cosby, has already been removed after the day closed on Tuesday, July 7. Originally located at Disney's Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza, the removal transpired after court documents revealed that the actor formerly testified in 2005 that he got sedatives such as Quaaludes, with the purpose of giving it to different women that he wants to have sex with.
Prior to all this scandal, Bill Cosby was known to have an appeal to kids, having started the television series "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" from his Fat Albert routines. He eventually made a family sitcom that highlights the life of an African-American family with "The Cosby Show" and eventually hosting "Kids Say the Darnest Things."
Though the online petition only received around 300 signatures, the Brisbane Times reported that Brittany Gavrilova, the niece of the abused woman, was happy to hear that execs heard her plea. She also said in an interview that Cosby has no place in Disney since the theme park is no place for predators.
The scandal that Bill Cosby has brought upon himself is something that will bring about a torrential trial that will span years. Let it be a lesson that no matter how deep people hide their dirty laundry, it will still be smelled by those that surround them.
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