Add Spelman to the list of institutions severing ties with Bill Cosby in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the 77-year-old comedian. The Atlanta college has suspended Cosby’s professorship.
Reports Page Six:
An Atlanta women’s college is suspending its endowed professorship with Bill Cosby amid allegations by several women that the comedian and actor sexually assaulted them.
Spelman College is the latest college to disassociate itself from Cosby.
Spelman says in a statement that the program was established in the name of Cosby and his wife Camille to bring positive attention and scholars to the campus. It said the goal was “to enhance our intellectual, cultural and creative life.”
In the statement, the college said the current situation “prevents us from continuing to meet these objectives fully” and the program will be suspended until the goals can again be met.
The Cosby Academic Center on the campus of Spelman is named after the comedian for a reportedly $20 million gift given to the school by he and his wife, Camille.
Earlier this month, Cosby resigned from Temple University’s board of trustees.
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