Walt Disney World resort removes bust of Bill Cosby
WKMGKnocked off a pedestal: a bust of Bill Cosby at Disney World’s Hollywood Studios was removed Tuesday.
A tribute to Bill Cosby is no longer welcome at Walt Disney World.
Disney workers removed a bronze bust of the comedian from the Hollywood Studios resort further than Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday night, WESH reported.
Court documents from 2005 unsealed Monday showed that Cosby admitted to giving women Quaaludes in order to drug them for sex. Bounce TV became the latest network to cut ties with the actor Tuesday when it yanked reruns of “Cosby” off the air.
Dozens of women have accused the 77-year-ancient comedian of drugging and sexually assaulting them. His alleged victims include model Janice Dickenson and former Playboy Playmate Victoria Valentino.
Orlando locals and Disney fans had long demanded that the park remove the bust, which sat inside the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza.
Brittany Gavrilova — whose aunt is one of Cosby’s alleged victims — started an online petition to take down the tribute last year.
“To not be able to walk through Disney without having that hard run into, it makes me sad,” she told the TV rank. “Like, wow, this person hurt a family member of mine.”
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesCosby admits in 2005 court records to giving women Quaaludes to drug them for sex.
She continued: “I don’t think that someone like that should be positioned on a pedestal, especially where people bring their families.”
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