Disney removes Cosby statue at Hollywood Studios

Walt Disney World did not offer any further comment on the removal of the statue.

She’s referring to his guilt in terms of the 40+ women who have stepped forward to claim they were drugged and raped by Cosby, and then scared into silence by his powerful aides in the industry. “For me, it’s about women using their voice”, she said.

The testimony came from a deposition in a 2005 sexual abuse lawsuit brought against Cosby by a ex- Temple University basketball team employee, Andrea Constand. The documents cite a deposition that Cosby gave in the case on September 27 and 28, 2005, and quotes from it. In an exchange between Cosby and Troiani documented in the court transcript made public on Monday, the comic admitted having obtained seven prescriptions for Quaaludes.

The entertainer acknowledged giving the now-banned sedative to people, including a 19-year-old woman before they had sex in Las Vegas in 1976.

Goldberg says she takes rape and sexual assault very seriously but also believes in the principle of innocent until proven guilty. In May, Cosby told ABC News that in the 52 years he’s been in show business he has never seen a celebrity treated the way he’s been treated in the aftermath of the scandal.

When the plaintiff’s lawyer asked if Cosby gave the women Quaaludes “without their knowledge”, Cosby’s lawyer interupted which caused the two to argue. Dickinson, who is now suing Cosby for defamation, has since said she feels “validated” after his admission, but she will still seek her day in court.

After the news of the deopsition was released Monday night, Grammy award winning singer Jill Scott said she was disgusted after previously showing public support for her mentor, Bill Cosby. “I stood by a man I respected and loved. I’m sorry the accusations RTrue”, Scott tweeted.

Cosby and his legal professionals haven’t commented on the unsealed paperwork.

“When I was 19 years old I lived in Los Angeles and worked at a restaurant called Café Figaro, which was part owned by Bill Cosby“.