Graffiti removed from Cosby's Hollywood star
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 11 years AGO
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Graffiti commenting on sex abuse allegations against Bill Cosby were removed Friday from the comedian's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The word "rapist" was scrawled on Cosby's star three times, according a photo that Houston television station KRIV-Fox 26 said it received from a viewer and posted on its website Thursday. The comedian has been accused by more than a dozen women of drugging them and sexual abuse, but he has never been charged with a crime.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which manages the stars embedded in several sidewalks in Hollywood, wrote in a statement that the stars were intended to celebrate the positive contributions of its inductees.
"When people are unhappy with one of our honorees, we would hope that they would project their anger in more positive ways then to vandalize a California state landmark," the chamber wrote in a statement.
Cosby received his star in 1977. It's placed near the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue.
The renewed accusations of sexual misconduct against Cosby have cost him projects on NBC and Netflix, and a trustee position at Temple University.