Disney removes bronze Bill Cosby statue

Disney officials are removing a bronze statue of Bill Cosby from the Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida.

Comedian Bill Cosby

A statue of embattled actor Bill Cosby has been removed from Disney World's Hollywood Studios. (AAP)

Walt Disney World officials say a bronze statue of Bill Cosby is being removed from the Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida.

Local news outlets report the statue was being removed after the park closed on Tuesday night.

Disney offered no other comment.

The removal of the statute at Disney's Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza came after court documents unsealed on Monday revealed that Cosby testified in 2005 that he'd obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with.

The 77-year-old Cosby hasn't commented on the documents, which were secret for a decade until Monday, after The Associated Press went to court to get them released.

He has never been charged with a crime and has repeatedly denied sexual assault allegations.


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