Spelman Cuts Ties With Bill Cosby

BBC

…and Camille Cosby(by default).

Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, had provisionally suspended the position last year when the allegations first emerged.

It is now returning what remains of the original $20M donation.

Mr Cosby denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime.

The Cosby family donated the money to the women’s college in 1988 and the endowed professorship was established in the name of Mr Cosby and his wife, Camille.

Mr Cosby, 78, is facing a series of historic sexual assault allegations dating back several decades.

‘Recreational drug’

Recently released court documents from a 2005 civil case show he had admitted obtaining sedatives to give to women before sex.

But Mr Cosby’s lawyers said he was only one of many people who introduced the sedatives – Quaaludes – into their “consensual sex life in the 1970s”.

They said that at no point had Mr Cosby admitted to having any non-consensual sex or giving any women drugs without their knowledge. read more