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Disney removing Bill Cosby statue from Hollywood Studios theme park

After it was revealed that Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 he gave women Quaaludes, the prosecuting attorney at the time says he could not have brought charges. But attorney for one of the women, Gloria Allred, thinks it's still a step forward. July 7, 2015. (AP)

A Bill Cosby statue is being removed from Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park, a Walt Disney World spokeswoman said Tuesday evening.

After it was revealed that Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 he gave women Quaaludes, the prosecuting attorney at the time says he could not have brought charges. But attorney for one of the women, Gloria Allred, thinks it’s still a step forward. July 7, 2015. (AP)

 The statue was to come down Tuesday night after the park closed. Disney did not have further comment.

The bronze bust’s removal comes after court documents unsealed Monday revealed that Cosby testified in 2005 he had obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women with whom he wanted to have sex. The Associated Press had gone to court to get the documents released.

Dozens of women have come forward in the past year saying Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them as far back as 40 years ago.

An online petition had circulated for months calling for the removal of the Cosby bust, which was one of many at Disney’s Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza. Cosby was represented along with celebrities such as Lucille Ball and Oprah Winfrey who have been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

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