OS: Disney World removing Bill Cosby statue

[PhotoDave219]

From Sandra Pedicini and the Sentinel....

Walt Disney World is removing a Bill Cosby statue at its Disney's Hollywood Studios park tonight after it closes.

The statue'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 in order to have sex with them. Dozens of women have come forward in the past year saying Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them years ago.

An online petition had circulated for months calling for the removal of the Cosby bust, which is one of many in front of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

good.

 

[Eeyore]

good riddance!

 

[unkadug]

No big loss. I have never connected Cosby with Disney and I find it wise of Disney to further disassociate themselves with the disgraced actor.

 

[Mouse3268]

Bigger question is will the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza survive the DHS redo? I doubt it.

 

[yoyoflamingo]

Was just there today visiting the places that will (or may) close. Didn't hit this one.... nah, don't think I'm going to miss Cosby's bust too much.

 

[FigmentsFangirl]

There was a Cosby bust here ? I go through those busts every visit and never noticed it

 

[CJR]

Thanks for sharing Dave!

I had a feeling this would happen, then again, all of the busts will probably be relocated (or removed completely) in the very near future.

 

[PhotoDave219]

good riddance!

Makes me wonder why other attractions featuring a famous musician still exist with his long legal history...

 

[unkadug]

Makes me wonder why other attractions featuring a famous musician still exist with his long legal history...

I thought about that too.

It makes you wonder why they chose to turn a blind eye to all of MJ's shenanigans.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Get rid of captain eo!!! Hypocrites!!!

 

[ChrisFL]

Lance Armstrong is still in the American Adventure finale...just saying.

 

[FigmentsFangirl]

I thought about that too.

It makes you wonder why they chose to turn a blind eye to all of MJ's shenanigans.

I think it was because "Michael Jackson has been found not guilty of being an alien freakadelic weirdo, which is hard to prove even for california" ~ Dave Barry, Year in review.

Maybe

 

[The Tuna]

Do they still sell Jello Puddings pops in the states? i do miss those. Bill's lying head I won't.

 

[Figment82]

Lance Armstrong is still in the American Adventure finale...just saying.

I've wondered why he's still in there as well. Especially when there are so many other athletes who do deserve it, like the "miracle on ice" 1980 hockey team, who were removed during the last update. My mom refuses to watch the show until he's removed, out of personal protest. I won't go that far, but I do think it's slightly hypocritical.

 

[Tigger1988]

Get rid of captain eo!!! Hypocrites!!!

Hmmm one person was found not guilty on all charges. The other openly admitted that he bought drugs with the intent to rape women using them.

You're reaching.

 

[djkidkaz]

I thought about that too.

It makes you wonder why they chose to turn a blind eye to all of MJ's shenanigans.

Because he was never convicted and never admitted to anything. So up to this point, anything would just be assumptions. Bill Cosby actually admitted he was drugging ladies.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Every time I walk by I wonder when they'll quietly remove his bust. I always expected it to just be gone one day.

 

[JenniferS]

Hmmm one person was found not guilty on all charges. The other openly admitted that he bought drugs with the intent to rape women using them.

You're reaching.

Some people, myself included, always saw MJ as a childlike, totally asexual person who liked to play with kids because he was one. His eccentric, over the top behaviour made him ripe for blackmail by unscrupulous parents who repeatedly allowed their children to have sleepovers with a physically (if not emotionally) grown man.
Knowing no more or less than a casual observer, I personally doubt that MJ was sexually intimate with anyone - man, woman or child - ever.

Sometimes, it's just easier to make problems go away by throwing money at it. In hindsight, perhaps not the wisest decision.

Cosby - good riddance. Those allegations I believed from the get-go.

 

[unkadug]

Sorry. I certainly didn't mean to make this thread about MJ...and if he was guilty or innocent.

I forgot how many MJ fanatics reside on these boards.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled Cosby hate.