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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

New Bill Cosby Show Canceled Amidst Scandal- BBC


New Bill Cosby TV show scrapped by NBC

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US TV network NBC has scrapped a proposed project with comedian Bill Cosby after accusations that he sexually assaulted women resurfaced. 

In a statement, the company confirmed the project with the 77-year-old was "no longer in development".

On Tuesday, streaming service Netflix postponed a special show with Cosby after a model alleged the comedian had sexually assaulted her in 1982.

Cosby has so far declined to comment on the allegation.

"We can confirm that the Cosby project is no longer in development," NBC Spokesperson Rebecca Marks said.

The network declined to comment on the reason for the decision but said production of the show had not started.

New allegations The move came after Janice Dickinson, a model and TV presenter, said Cosby had sexually assaulted her after a dinner date in Lake Tahoe, California, 1982.

"The next morning I woke up and I wasn't wearing my pyjamas," she told Entertainment Tonight. "I remembered before I passed out that I had been sexually assaulted."

She said she had written about the incident in her 2002 autobiography but was pressured by Cosby's lawyer and her publisher to remove the details.

Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer, said that Dickinson's allegations were "false and outlandish".

She is one of several women to have accused the veteran comedian of sexual assault going back almost 30 years.

Former aspiring actress Barbara Bowman said she had been sexually assaulted by Cosby on multiple occasions in 1985 when she was 17.

Writing in the Washington Post earlier this month, she said she did not report the alleged incidents to the police because she feared she would not be believed.

Cosby has never been charged for any of the alleged crimes.

The NBC show, which was announced in January, would have returned Cosby to the network that hosted The Cosby Show, the 1980s sitcom he is best known for.

The comedian is in the midst of a comeback, with dozens of stand-up shows in the US and Canada scheduled over the next few months.

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