Bill Cosby cancels Arizona show amidst renewed assault allegations
Nov 21, 2014, 3:05 PM | Updated: 3:05 pm
PHOENIX — Comedian Bill Cosby has canceled an Arizona show after allegations of numerous sexual assaults resurfaced.
Cosby was scheduled to be at the Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita on Feb. 15, 2015.
“We regret any inconvenience to our guests over this cancellation,” said Treena Parvello, a spokeswoman for the casino, according to the Tucson Sentinel. Casino representatives didn’t give a reason for calling off the show, which was part of Cosby’s “Bill Cosby 77” tour.
Tickets purchased with a credit card will be automatically refunded and cash refunds will be given at the casino.
Two other appearances, scheduled for April in Champaign, Illinois, also were called off Friday, as was a February show in Florence, South Carolina. At least 31 other shows remain on his schedule through May 2015.
The allegations by at least six women that Cosby sexually assaulted them after giving them pills many years ago also prompted the cancellation of TV interviews and much-anticipated projects on NBC and Netflix. Reruns of “The Cosby Show” have been pulled off the air.
Cosby’s representatives have broadly dismissed the accusations. He has never been charged with any such crime, and his lawyer has specifically denied some of the allegations. Cosby himself has consistently refused to comment on it.
“We don’t answer that,” Cosby told the AP this month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.